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    Linwood Earl Forte - North Carolina Death Row




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    Defendant was indicted 7 September 1994 for first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. In January 1996 he was tried capitally and found guilty of first-degree murder upon theories of (i) malice, premeditation, and deliberation and (ii) felony murder. He was also found guilty of first-degree burglary and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death for the murder, and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. For the first-degree burglary conviction, the trial court entered a consecutive sentence of imprisonment for fifty years, and for the robbery conviction, a consecutive sentence of forty years. We find no error meriting reversal of defendant's convictions. However, for the reasons stated herein, we conclude that defendant is entitled to a new capital sentencing proceeding. On 17 August 1994, Georgia Ann Dayberry Hamrick ("victim"), eighty-three, was battered and knifed to death in her home in Spindale, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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    On April 22, 2009, Forte filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/nor...hc02054/99335/

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    On May 7, 2012, Forte filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...urts/ca4/12-3/

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