Legal Opinion
In Re Spivey
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 10, 1997No. 36PA96PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises from the removal of a district attorney from office pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-66. Uncontested evidence tends to show that during the early morning hours of 30 June 1995, respondent Jerry L. Spivey, District Attorney for the Fifth Prosecutorial District, was at a bar in Wrightsville Beach. While there, Spivey loudly and repeatedly addressed a black patron, Mr. Ray Jacobs, using the derogatory and abusive racial epithet “nigger.” Because of this and, other improper conduct, Spivey was forcefully removed from the premises despite his unruly objections.…
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