TIMES-NEWS PUB. CO., INC. v. STATE

No. COA95-1321.

476 S.E.2d 450 (1996)

TIMES-NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., d/b/a Times News, Plaintiff v. STATE of North Carolina and Steve A. Balog in His Capacity as District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 15A of the State of North Carolina, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Firm of John A. Bussian, P.A. by John A. Bussian, Durham, for plaintiff-appellee.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Chief Deputy Attorney General Andrew A. Vanore, Jr. and Assistant Attorney General K.D. Sturgis, for defendants-appellants.


WALKER, Judge.

In November 1992, Mark E. Crotts was convicted of first degree murder. Following the Supreme Court's decision granting Crotts a new trial, the clerk of court was ordered to return to the parties the evidence which was introduced at trial, including but not limited to the murder weapon, blood scrapings, crime scene photographs, fingerprints, and clothing worn by the victims at the time of their deaths.

On 30 June 1995, the plaintiff, Times-News...

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