Murder conviction upheld in drive-by shooting

Murder conviction upheld in drive-by shooting

A Graham man serving a life sentence in a 2019 drive-by killing in Burlington is not entitled to a new trial, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.

Court of Appeals upholds man’s murder conviction in 2019 drive-by shooting

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a former Graham man who was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison for first-degree murder stemming from a drive-by shooting in Burlington in September 2019. Jeremiah Ezeil Hardaway, 25, black, male, appealed his conviction on grounds that Wake County visiting special superior court judge Craig Croom had erred in denying his Batson challenge to the prosecutor’s “peremptory challenge” …