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Rashawn Lesley Grant v. North Carolina

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of North Carolina, No. 24-26 · judgment December 3, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 12, 2026

Question presented

Whether the State of North Carolina’s conviction of Petitioner Grant for murder and the resulting life sentence violated the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution where (a) the trial record was utterly devoid of any evidence of guilt save for the presence of Grant’s cell phone at the site of a chaotic shootout involving many individuals, and (b) the only eyewitness testimony from the scene of the shooting exonerated Grant?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sharon L. Smith
Sharon L. Smith Law Office, P.A.

For respondent
Sherri Horner Lawrence
North Carolina Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 04 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Dec 02 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent State of North Carolina to respond filed.
  4. Nov 18 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)