Ex-NASCAR driver McClure gets probation in long-delayed case
Jeff Campbell, repeatedly invoked a privilege of his office that grants legislator-lawyers broad discretion to obtain continuances in their cases. He previously declined to discuss his relatively frequent use of continuances at length but said they were used appropriately in the McClure case. He appealed, and the case was routinely delayed, at least nine times due to Campbellโs use of continuances, according to court records. Miranda McClure said Eric McClure choked and hit her in front of their children, and her 9-year-old daughter called 911. Campbell was able to obtain continuances multiple times in the McClure case over the objection of the commonwealthโs attorneyโs office.
Lawmaker's privilege ties up case against ex-NASCAR driver
In the McClure case, Campbell said, each continuance was requested for good reason. Assistant Smyth County commonwealthโs attorney Brendan Roche said his office didn't object to the first few continuances in the McClure case. Virginia court records cannot be comprehensively searched for every instance in which a legislator-lawyer uses the privilege. Those records cover only circuit court cases and don't include two large northern Virginia jurisdictions that use their own case-management systems. Kilgore is representing Miranda McClure in her divorce proceedings and has not invoked the privilege in that case, according to the court clerk.