NC Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate
RALEIGH (AP) The North Carolina Supreme Court decided Friday to allow a new trial for a death row inmate convicted of robbing and murdering an elderly couple in their Whiteville, North Carolina, home in 1991.
Leslie Baldwin and his wife, Gertrude Baldwin, were 82 and 79 years old, respectively, when they were killed.
In a 5-1 ruling, the Court said the state of North Carolina had withheld potentially exculpatory evidence at the time of Norfolk Junior Best’s conviction.
Best was indicted for first-degree burglary, first-degree rape, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of first-degree murder.
NC Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Death Row Inmate
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N.C. Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate
By BRYAN ANDERSONDecember 18, 2020 GMT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The North Carolina Supreme Court decided Friday to allow a new trial for a death row inmate convicted of robbing and murdering an elderly couple in their Whiteville, North Carolina, home in 1991.
Leslie Baldwin and his wife, Gertrude Baldwin, were 82 and 79 years old, respectively, when they were killed.
In a 5-1 ruling, the Court said the state of North Carolina had withheld potentially exculpatory evidence at the time of Norfolk Junior Best’s conviction.
Best was indicted for first-degree burglary, first-degree rape, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of first-degree murder.