Legal Opinion
Marcus Robinson v. Edward Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2017No. 16-11, 16-12PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
After being sentenced to death upon first-degree murder convictions, Marcus Robinson and Tilmon Golphin (collectively, “Petitioners”) sought post-conviction relief in state court pursuant to North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act (“RJA”), N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 15A-2010 to 2012 (2009) (repealed 2018). Following separate evidentiary hearings, the North Carolina trial court awarded relief under the RJA, reducing their death sentences to life imprisonment. The State of North Carolina (“the State”) appealed, and the North Carolina Supreme Court vacated and remanded their cases to the…
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