A Fayetteville man, who was found guilty of murdering a man in Cove City in 2017, appealed his conviction, saying state prosecutors allegedly removed jury members based on their race.
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State prosecutors continued presenting their case against Fayetteville native Anthony Lamar Johnson on Thursday by bringing into evidence several phone calls and letters they say Johnson made to his associates days after his arrest in the 2017 murder of Scottie Morton.
Craven County Assistant DA s Karen Hobbs and Matt Wareham called upon Special Agent Bradley Jenkins with the North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigative Division for his testimony. Jenkins portrayed his side of events when law enforcement responded to a 9-1-1 call at Grady s Old Country Store in Cove City on Aug. 3, 2017 and found Morton shot in an unsuccessful armed robbery.