IN RE MURPHY

No. 396A19.

852 S.E.2d 599 (2020)

IN RE: Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 17-318. J. Hunter MURPHY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., by John R. Wester , Charlotte, Mark W. Merritt , Charlotte, Matthew W. Sawchak , Raleigh, and Lexi M. Fleming , Counsel for the Judicial Standards Commission.

Robert F. Orr, PLLC, by Robert F. Orr , Asheville, and The Hunt Law Firm, PLLC, Durham, by Anita B. Hunt , for respondent.


ORDER OF CENSURE

The issue before the Court is whether Court of Appeals Judge Hunter Murphy, respondent, should be censured for violations of Canons 1, 2B, 3A(3), and 3B(2) of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct amounting to conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute in violation of N.C.G.S. § 7A-376(b). For the reasons that follow, this Court orders that respondent be censured.

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