Jurors should have considered stand
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man convicted of killing his landlord’s adult son with a sawed-off shotgun is entitled to a new trial because the presiding judge failed to instruct jurors about a possible self-defense argument, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
A three-judge panel vacated the first-degree murder conviction of Ronald Wayne Vaughn Jr. in the 2017 shooting death of Gary Somerset. Vaughn was on the porch of the Lincoln County trailer he was renting and had the weapon when Somerset yelled “Let’s end this” and rushed at him, according to Tuesday’s opinion. The two and Somerset’s mother had been in a heated argument. Vaughn was sentenced in part to life in prison without parole.
Possessing a gun like the one Vaughn used —a Winchester .410 caliber shotgun with a sawed-off barrel that makes it easier to conceal and potentially more destructive — is a felony, and Vaughn was also convicted on that count.
Related articles
Woman identified as person killed in fall at daughter's Ohio State graduation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman who fell from the stands to her death during a graduation ceremony at2024-05-08Shipwreck archaeology unveils glory of Maritime Silk Road
FUZHOU, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- More than 700 years ago, a vessel loaded with porcelains sank off the co2024-05-08China's new quality agricultural productive forces to be fully developed: report
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- In the coming decade, China's agricultural sector will witness the ful2024-05-08MLB players' union asks court to confirm arbitration decision against Bad Bunny firm
NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ association asked a federal court to confirm an arbitrator’s d2024-05-08From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere
In sweltering Brazil, worst-ever flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 mi2024-05-08Takeaways from the opening statements in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Monday’s opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American preside2024-05-08
atest comment