STATE v. TUCKER

No. 113A96-4.

895 S.E.2d 532 (2023)

STATE of North Carolina v. Russell William TUCKER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Danielle Marquis Elder , Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Jonathan P. Babb , Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee.

Elizabeth Hambourger , Durham, for defendant-appellant.

Ian A. Mance , Quintin D. Byrd , Fayetteville, and Irving Joyner , Durham, for North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers and North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, amici curiae.


Through a series of post-conviction motions, defendant asserts that his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death should be set aside. Defendant argues that despite the trial court's finding that he failed to establish a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination in jury selection, he is nevertheless entitled to...

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