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May 26, 2021

Understandable Jury Instructions

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction–Vicarious Liability with Regard to N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-2000(e)(9)

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction–Residual Mitigating Circumstances

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction–Residual Doubt

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction–Life Without Parole (II)

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction–Life Without Parole (I)

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction Re Sympathy and Mercy

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction on Personal Viewpoints

May 26, 2021

Request for Jury Instruction Definition of Mitigating Circumstance

May 26, 2021

Objection to Use of NCGS 15A-2000e9 (vague & broad)

May 26, 2021

Objection to Use of NCGS 15A-2000e5 (fairness, double jeopardy, cruel & unusal)

May 26, 2021

Motion to Restrict Prosecutor’s Argument

May 26, 2021

Motion to Preclude State from Using any Juvenile Conviction as an Aggravating Factor

May 26, 2021

Motion to Instruct the Jury on Age as a Statutory Mitigating Factor

May 26, 2021

Motion to Instruct Jury on Satisfactory Prison Adjustment

May 26, 2021

Motion to Instruct Jury on Evidence of Low I.Q.

May 26, 2021

Motion to Instruct Jury on Emotionally Troubled Youth as a Mitigating Circumstance

May 26, 2021

Motion to Instruct Jury On Defendant’s Burden of Proof On Mitigating Circumstances

May 26, 2021

Motion for Peremptory Instructions on Mitigating Circumstances

May 26, 2021

Motion for Jury Instruction under Enmund v. Florida and Tison v. Arizona

May 26, 2021

Motion for Court to Give Understandable Jury Instructions

May 26, 2021

Jury Instructions. Penalty Phase Revised 3-2000 Version

May 26, 2021

Discretion in Capital Sentencing Instructions

May 26, 2021

Motion to Limit Victim-Impact Evidence

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Indigent Defense Services
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Durham, North Carolina 27701
Phone: (919) 354-7200
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(919) 890-2188

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