By Ethan Hyman and Avi Bajpai, The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman made his first appearance in court virtually on Friday, participating in a hearing from a local hospital.

Brockman, who was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts each of indecent liberties with a child and statutory sex offense with a person who is 15 years old or younger, was scheduled to appear at the Greensboro courthouse on Thursday, but the proceedings were delayed after officials said he was at a hospital due to a medical emergency.

Details of Brockman’s hospitalization were not clear, but on Friday, Brockman joined the hearing at the courthouse virtually from his hospital room. A computer screen in the courtroom showed him wearing a hospital gown and appearing t

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