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    Wesley Toby Smith, Jr. - North Carolina Death Row


    Wesley Tobe Smith, Jr.


    Facts of the Crime:

    Smith sits on death row for the brutal murder of 18-year-old Margaret Leighann Martin, who he chased down and stabbed 60 times before cutting her throat in her eastern Rowan County home in 2001. He was sentenced to death on May 29, 2002.

    Smith confessed to killing Martin. His defense attorneys contended, however, that he didn’t plan the murder but became enraged, grabbed a knife and attacked after Martin told him she didn’t want him hanging around her fiance because she thought Smith was a bad influence.

    Wesley Tobe Smith had murdered 18-year-old Margaret Martin by stabbing her 53 times as she fled through the house and cutting her throat. It was September 12, 2001, the day after 9/11, though there was no evidence that terrorist attacks influenced the killer. Smith was a friend of the young man Martin was living with, a friend who "gave her the creeps," she had said.

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    No. 03-10008 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Wesley Tobe Smith, Jr., Petitioner
    v.
    North Carolina
    Docketed: April 27, 2004
    Linked with 03A786
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of North Carolina
    Case Nos.: (607A02)
    Decision Date: December 29, 2003

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Mar 10 2004 Application (03A786) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2004 to April 28, 2004, submitted to The Chief Justice.
    Mar 15 2004 Application (03A786) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 27, 2004.
    Apr 22 2004 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2004)
    May 24 2004 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
    Jun 9 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 24, 2004.
    Jun 28 2004 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...s/03-10008.htm

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