Robert C. Ervin (born 1960) is a North Carolina Superior Court judge who has presided over numerous high-profile cases.
He practiced with that firm from 1988 until shortly after he was elected to an eight-year term as a Superior Court judge by voters in District 25A (Burke and Caldwell counties) in 2002.
[3] The North Carolina Advocates for Justice named Ervin "Outstanding Trial Judge of the Year" in 2008.
[4] The appointment eventually went to Max O. Cogburn Jr. Ervin and fellow District 25A Superior Court Judge Beverly Beal were re-elected without opposition in 2010.
"[8] In 2007, Ervin ordered a new trial for death row inmate Glen Edward Chapman, finding that "law enforcement officials withheld evidence, used false testimony, and misplaced or destroyed important documents that could have supported Chapman's innocence claim.