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NC man to get new trial after murder conviction vacated
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the judge in the case made a mistake when he replaced a juror with an alternate after deliberations began.
A man convicted in a fatal August 2018 shooting at a Raleigh motel will get a new trial.
The ruling vacates Eric Chambers' conviction for first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. It also calls for a new trial.
A man died and a woman was injured in the Aug. 21, 2018, shooting at the Knights Inn hotel at 3804 New Bern Ave. in Raleigh.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the judge in the case made a mistake when he replaced a juror with an alternate after deliberations began.
Chambers previously received a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction. He received between nine to 12 years for the assault conviction.
