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Lawyer Stephen Lindsay, left, questions suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline on the witness stand.
After Cline left the stand, her lawyers called several witnesses who made brief statements.
Durham attorney Bill Cotter said he wouldn't have chosen the same words that Cline did in her court motions, but that he didn't feel her actions brought the DA's office into disrepute.
"What most people who know anything about it think is it's a quarrel between two people," Cotter said.
Police Chief Jose Lopez also said he didn't think Cline's actions had put the DA's office in a bad light, he said in brief testimony.
And Chief District Court Judge Marcia Morey said that the operation of the courts had not been disrupted by the publicity of the dispute between Cline and Hudson.
"This might be a distraction to the administration of justice, but it has by no means slowed it down or derailed it," Morey said.
Lindsay and Sutton said they might have additional witnesses when the hearing reconvenes at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, after which both sides will present closing arguments.
Hobgood said he didn't think he would be ready to rule before Friday, and would have court administrators contact attorneys to let them know when he was ready to announce his findings.