By North Carolina Judicial Branch
State v. Barden
When the Governor commutes a defendant's death sentence to life imprisonment but no court has vacated, altered, or amended the judgment that includes a sentence of death, does initial appellate jurisdiction then rest with the Court of Appeals under N.C.G.S. 7A-27?
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Summary
When the Governor commutes a defendant's death sentence to life imprisonment but no court has vacated, altered, or amended the judgment that includes a sentence of death, does initial appellate jurisdiction then rest with the Court of Appeals under N.C.G.S. 7A-27?