Assistant DA Murphy Resigns
Posted/updated on: November 10, 2010 at 2:34 am
TYLER — Assistant Smith County District Attorney Joe Murphy has stepped down. Sources close to the Smith County DA’s office tell KETK-TV that Murphy has left on his own accord. They report that Murphy was asked to either resign from his position or be fired by head Smith County District Attorney, Matt Bingham last week. Bingham says he’s not commenting on personnel issues at this time.
Murphy has been with the office nearly ten years. He was the lead prosecutor in the Mineola Swingers Club cases. Two of those cases were reversed last Summer by the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston.
