State v. Hyman

ELMORE, Judge.

*47On 16 September 2003, Terrence Lowell Hyman (defendant) was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. After a series of post-trial motions and appeals in state and federal *310court, defendant filed a motion for appropriate relief in Bertie County Superior Court claiming, inter alia , that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel based upon his trial counsel's failure to withdraw and testify as a necessary witness. The trial court denied defendant's motion.

We allowed defendant's petition for writ of certiorari to review the…