Attorney general petitions NC Supreme Court to review Young appeal
The North Carolina Attorney General's Office on Wednesday formally asked the state Supreme Court to review an appellate ruling involving the first-degree murder conviction of Jason Young.
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The 40-year-old is serving life in prison for first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2006, beating death of Michelle Young, 29, who was found in a pool of blood in the couple's home on Birchleaf Drive in Raleigh.
The Appeals Court found that Young's presumption of innocence was "irreparably diminished," in part, by prosecutors' evidence about a wrongful death lawsuit and a default judgment declaring Young the killer because he never responded to the lawsuit.
"Discretionary review is warranted because the decision of the Court of Appeals conflicts with decisions of this Court and because the case involves legal principles of major significance to the jurisprudence of the state," the attorney general's office said wrote in its filing.
Young remains in custody at Alexander Correctional Institution in Alexander County
He has maintained his innocence in the crime, saying he was out of town on business when someone else killed his wife.
But prosecutors argued that the couple's marriage was volatile and that he wanted out of the relationship.
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