Attorney outlines grounds for appeal in James Jordan's murder

HIM A HEARING SO NEW EVIDENCE

CAN BE HEARD.

>> AMANDA LAMB SAT DOWN WITH

HIS ATTORNEY, CHRIS MUMMA TODAY.

>> Reporter: ATTORNEY CHRIS

MUMMA FILED THE APPEAL ON

FRIDAY, SHE SAYS THE LOWER COURT

DENIED GREENE'S MOTION FOR

APPROPRIATE RELIEF, WITHOUT

EVER HEARING THE NEW EVIDENCE

IN THE CASE.

I SPOKE WITH DANIEL GREEN

TODAY, HE SAYS HE IS HOPEFUL

THIS APPEAL WILL GET HIM BACK

INTO A COURTROOM.

>> WE HAD 166 OPEN CASES, WE

HAVE 15 IN LITIGATION.

>> Reporter: CHRIS MUMMA HEADS

THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON

ACTUAL INNOCENCE, THE NONPROFIT

HAS A REPUTATION FOR GETTING

WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PEOPLE OUT

OF PRISON.

>> I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS

PATHOLOGICALLY HOPEFUL.

SHE IS HOPEFUL THE APPEALS

FILED IN DANIEL GREEN'S CASE

WAS CONVICTED IN 1996, OF THE

1993 SHOOTING DEATH OF JAMIE

JORDAN, WILL GET HIM BACK INTO

A COURTROOM.

>> HE HAS SAID FROM THE

BEGINNING HE IS INNOCENT AND I

BELIEVE HE IS INNOCENT.

>> Reporter: ON DECEMBER 21st,

2013, MAMA WENT TO PRISON TO

SPEAK WITH GREENE'S

CODEFENDANT, LARRY DUDLEY.

WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST GREEN AND

GOT A DEAL.

>> I MET WITH DEBORAH, AND

EMERY TOLD ME DANIEL GREEN WAS

NOT THERE.

WHEN JAMES JORDAN WAS KILLED.

>> Reporter: MAMA SAYS THE

EVIDENCE IN THE CASE DOES NOT

FIT WITH THE STATES NARRATIVE.

>> NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, AND THE

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE DOESN'T MATCH

UP WITH THE NARRATIVE THEY

CREATED.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS NO BLOOD

FOUND IN JAMES JORDAN'S CAR,

WHERE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT.

THERE WAS NO BULLET HOLE IN THE

SHIRT JORDAN WAS WEARING,

CORRESPONDING TO HIS WENT,

UNTIL ONE MAGICALLY APPEARED AT

TRIAL.

AN ALIBI WITNESS WHO NEVER

TESTIFIED AT TRIAL, HAD SINCE

COME FORWARD.

AND SAID GRADE WAS AT A PARTY,

WHEN THE MURDER HAPPENED.

>> SHE CONVERTED TO LISTEN, I

WAS THERE.

HE NEVER LEFT.

>> Reporter: MAMA HOPES HER

LATEST FILING WILL LEAD TO

JUSTICE.

>> I TRULY BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN

DENIED JUSTICE, SINCE THE DAY

HE WAS ARRESTED.

>> Reporter: TO TAKE SEVERAL

MONTHS FOR THE COURT OF APPEAL

TO RULE ON THIS CASE, AMANDA

LAMB, DEBBIE RAL NEWS, RALEIGH.

>>> THE MURDER OF MICHAEL

JORDAN FATHER AND THE

INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH IS

THE FOCUS OF THE NEWLY RELEASED

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