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White A Winston-Salem man is asking an appellate court to overturn his murder conviction, saying there is clear evidence that a prosecutor dismissed two Black jurors because of their race. The evidence? The prosecutor admitted it in court when challenged. And an appellate court in 1998 found that the prosecutor illegally used race in jury selection. But the manâs conviction was not overturned because of a narrow interpretation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting race discrimination in jury selection, the manâs attorney said. Race had to be the sole reason a juror was removed for his conviction to be overturned, but that rule has since changed, the attorney said. Now, it just has to be a significant factor. ....
A Bell County man was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday for allegedly firing a gun at a mother and her children. David Shriner, who lives in the Bell County portion of Moody, was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony. The 77-year-old suspect was arrested on Sept. 25 when Bell County deputies were called to the 7700 block of Franklin Road in Moody regarding a shots-fired call, according to an arrest affidavit. A woman told deputies that Shriner cursed at her and her 7-year-old daughter before he went to retrieve a gun and threatened to kill the woman and children while blocking their exit from the home. ....