Wiggins v. Boyette

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ -wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Senior Judge KEITH joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

After a lengthy trial, a North Carolina jury convicted Rae Lamar Wiggins, a.k.a. Rae Carruth (“Carruth”), 1 of conspiracy to commit the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams, use of an instrument to destroy their unborn child, and discharge of a firearm into occupied property. Carruth failed to obtain reversal on appeal, see State v. Wiggins, 159 N.C.App. 252, 584 S.E.2d 303 (2003), disc. rev. denied, 357 N.C. 511, 588 S.E.2d…