Does a defendant in a criminal trial have a right to know if jury members are frightened of him or fellow gang members? That’s the question up for debate in today’s scheduled hearing at the N.C. Court of Appeals, titled State v. Rashawn Mackey, out of Mecklenburg County. Mackey, of Charlotte, was convicted last February […]
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How Deah Barakat spent his last weekend
The weekend before he was murdered, UNC dental student Deah Barakat placed a surgical mask over his face, hoping it wouldn’t frighten the 4-year-old boy in front of him. The boy, wearing a red Spider-Man T-shirt, gazed curiously at Deah, who smiled behind the mask. Deah, clad in blue scrubs and a friendship bracelet, laid […]
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DOJ: North Carolina among leaders in prisoners with HIV or AIDS
In 2012, North Carolina counted at least 718 state prisoners with HIV or AIDS, the sixth-highest state total in the country. North Carolina trialed New York, Florida, Texas, California and Georgia. The finding was one of several released this month in a report by the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics on the medical problems of […]
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Man charged in Chapel Hill student killings
Craig Hicks, 46, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder following the shooting deaths of three students at an apartment complex near UNC’s campus in Chapel Hill. According to the Chapel Hill police, a preliminary investigation indicates the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking. The victims are Deah Barakat, […]
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Judge denies appeal; McRae to remain in prison for crime he says he didn’t commit
Derrick McRae, a schizophrenic Richmond County man serving life in prison for a 1995 murder, has lost his appeal to have his case retried. W. David Lee, senior resident superior court judge for Union County, issued an order last week denying McRae’s 2013 motion for appropriate relief. The order followed a three-day evidentiary hearing last […]
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Raleigh man sentenced for selling cigarettes on New York black market
Ibrahim Barrie, 32, of Raleigh, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 42 months in prison for his role in a credit card and cigarette trafficking scheme. Barrie used stolen credit card account information to purchase large quantities of cigarettes in North Carolina, which later were resold in New York. According to the U.S. attorney […]
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After plowing car into restaurant, Wilmington man wants new hearing
A disgruntled Wilmington man who rammed his car into a restaurant after one of the patrons teased him for voting for President Obama wants a new sentencing hearing. Jacob Spivey was convicted last year of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, among other charges, and sentenced to two-and-a-half to five years in prison. […]
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Derrick McRae loses appeal for freedom
Derrick McRae, a schizophrenic Richmond County man serving life imprisonment for a 1995 murder, has lost his appeal to have his case retried. W. David Lee, senior resident superior court judge for Union County, yesterday issued an order denying McRae’s 2013 motion for appropriate relief. The order followed a three-day evidentiary hearing last December, during […]
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Shots fired at Durham police investigator
A bullet hit a Durham police investigator’s unmarked car today, and several more damaged area homes in a shooting incident on South Street shortly before noon today. Police say they believe the police car was deliberately targeted. The investigator was not injured. The shooter fired from the inside of a car on Bond Street. He […]
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Apex man charged with murder after another man’s drug overdose
The Apex Police Department have arrested an Apex man in connection to a fatal heroin overdose. William Tyler Mayhew, 23, or Purple Glory Driver in Apex, was charged for first-degree murder in the death of Eric William Darden, 23, or Apex. Darden died of a suspected heroin overdose. Mayhew was released from prison last December […]
