CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Supreme Court will decide if a Charlotte man who killed someone during protests in 2016 should get a new sentence.
In 2019, Rayquan Borum was sentenced to at least 24 years in prison. Jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Justin Carr in Uptown Charlotte.
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Our partners at the Charlotte Observer report an appeals court later ruled that Borum should have a new sentencing. That was based on a technicality involving the level of malice.
The attorney general’s office petitioned the state supreme court to review that decision. If the high court upholds the ruling, it could cut nearly a decade off his sentence.
The supreme court is expected to make a decision later this year.
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