State responds to Kirk Reams’ request for new trial

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Five days after attorneys for former Clerk of Court Kirk Reams filed a motion asking for a new trial, the state responded with its own motion asking the court to deny the defense’s motion and allow the matter to conclude. “The defendant has now had a fair trial before his peers, he has been convicted and their verdict should not be otherwise disturbed by this court,” wrote State Attorney Jack Campbell in a seven-page motion filed on Sept. 11. “It is time for this matter to conclude.” A jury found Reams guilty of grand theft on Aug. 27. On Sept. 4, the defense filed a motion asking for a new trial on the grounds that one of the exhibits prese