STATE v. TRIPP

No. COA21-688.

882 S.E.2d 75 (2022)

2022-NCCOA-795

STATE of North Carolina v. David Raeford TRIPP, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed December 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Assistant Attorney General Nicholas R. Sanders , for the State.

Appellate Defender Glenn Gerding , by Assistant Appellate Defender Amanda S. Zimmer , for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 Under the principles of double jeopardy and due process, may Defendant be prosecuted for murder twenty-one years after his conviction for felony child abuse now that the child has succumbed to his injuries? We hold that he may.

I. Background

¶ 2 On 12 April 1997, David, a fifteen-month-old child, was...

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