On September 9-10, 2019, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission held a hearing in State v. Kenneth Leon Evans.

The three-judge panel unanimously concluded that Blackmon had proven that he was innocent of second-degree murder.

The hearing related to two separate convictions in State vs. Merritt Williams Drayton.

Chief Justice Mark Martin has made appointments to member vacancies on the Innocence Inquiry Commission and are effective immediately.

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission (NCIIC) held a hearing in State vs. James Blackmon (Wake – 83 CRS 84695).