Two criminal defense attorneys say they have filed complaints with the North Carolina State Bar against a Wake County prosecutor who has been accused in three cases of withholding potentially exonerating evidence from criminal defendants. In one case, a judge declared a mistrial.
Molly O’Neil and Jackie Willingham told The Assembly last week that they filed the complaints against Wake County Assistant District Attorney Robert Stewart.
“I felt like it was my duty as a member of the Bar to report his conduct because he clearly has no regard to the rules that apply to us and the rules that apply to him as a prosecutor,” O’Neil said…