Legal Opinion
State v. McKeithan
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided November 7, 2000No. COA99-872PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAGLES, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises out of the joint trial and conviction of defendant and one of his two accomplices for two brutal murders. The second accomplice was tried and convicted separately.
The State’s evidence showed that seventeen year-old defendant Henry Michael McKeithan participated with Vera Lee (Lee) and Robby Brewington (Robby) in the murders of Frances and Brian Brewington. Eighty-two year old Frances was Robby’s grandmother and Brian’s great-grandmother. Eight-year-old Brian was Robby’s nephew and the son of Robby’s brother Patrick. Robby, Brian and Frances lived…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. BraxtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
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