Easley, Michael. Press Release, 2001-10-29, Easley Appoints Currin To Fill Out Term As Top Prosecutor For Franklin, Granville, Vance, And Warren Counties

Michael F. Easley Governor State of North Carolina Office of the Governor For Release: IMMEDIATE Date : Octo ber 29 , 2 00 1 Contact: Cari Hepp/Fred Hartman Phone: (919)733-5612 EASLEY APPOINTS CURRIN TO FILL OUT TERM AS TOP PROSECUTOR FOR FRANKLIN, GRANVILLE, VANCE, AND WARREN COUNTIES RALEIGH - Gov. Mike Easley today appointed Sam B. Currin, III of Oxford to serve as District Attorney in the Ninth Prosecutorial District. The Ninth District encompasses Franklin, Granville, Vance, and Warren Counties. Currin will complete the current tenn of David R. Waters who is retiring after twenty-two years of public service as District Attorney. For more than two decades, Currin has served as an assistant District Attorney in Waters' office, hi addition, Currin has served as an Oxford Town Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tern, and has led several community civic groups including the Red Cross and the Jaycees. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Wake Forest University. “For more than two decades, David Waters and his office staff have worked to ensure that victims are comforted, rights are respected, the guilty are punished, and, above all, that justice is served. Sam Currin has been an integral part of that successful effort. David has great confidence in Sam's abilities, and so do I,” Easley said. First elected as District Attorney in 1978, Waters is also past president of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys and the North Carolina District Attorneys' Association. Currin's first official day as District Attorney will be November 1. ### Governor's Press Office State Capitol. Raleigh, NC 27603-8001 (919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005 FAX (919) 733-5166