North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
A North Carolina man who was once on death row for a shopkeeper’s slaying won’t be retried in the case that put him behind bars for more than 40 years. The prosecutor filed a dismissal notice in the case of ...
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Read More »Partial retrial OK’d after jury awards $1 verdict 
A trial court judge properly set aside a jury verdict that awarded a medical malpractice plaintiff a single dollar in damages, but erred in entering an amended judgment awarding the plaintiff more than $500,000, a divided North Carolina Supreme ...
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Read More »Retrial ordered for man who shot friend in yard
RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina man convicted of fatally shooting a neighbor will get a new trial because the jury wasn’t properly instructed about his right to defend his home, an appeals court ruled July 3. The North Carolina Court ...
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Read More »German trial sacked over sleepy judge
Let’s face it. Some trials just aren’t that interesting. But if you’ve been accused of robbing a grocery store, you’d probably want the judge to stay awake for the proceedings. Alas, that wasn’t the case during a recent trial in ...
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Read More »Court orders new trial for Jason Young in wife’s death
A Raleigh man convicted of killing his pregnant wife may get a third trial after the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a judge shouldn't have allowed evidence about a wrongful death lawsuit and a custody challenge for his daughter.
Read More »New trial for man who killed stepdaughter
A man who admitted abusing and killing his 10-month-old stepdaughter in a drunken rage should have a new trial on his first-degree murder conviction, North Carolina's Appeals Court ruled Tuesday.
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Read More »Appeals court orders new trial in murder case
The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing four people in Columbus County, ruling that the man's defense attorney should have been able to dismiss a juror after the trial began.
Read More »Appeals Court awards new trial to convicted husband
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a Cary man convicted of strangling his wife five years ago.
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Read More »Appeals court lets ruling stand in Peterson case
A North Carolina appeals court said Tuesday that a Durham novelist should be given a new trial in the 2001 death of his wife because of newly discovered evidence in the case.
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Read More »Defense seeks new trial in NC teen’s slaying
Defense attorneys are seeking a new trial for a Baltimore man convicted in the high-profile slaying of a North Carolina teenager.
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