Michael Holmes North Carolina

Michael Holmes is a black male inmate on death row in the state of North Carolina . He was convicted on 9/8/2000 .in Johnston County. Since being incarcerated, they have had 32 infractions or violations of facility rules.

Crime

The State's evidence tended to show that on the evening of 14 January 1999, Jerry Bland and Hardison visited Creech at his trailer in Selma, North Carolina.   When the men arrived, they saw a black man wearing a hooded jacket exiting the trailer.   Less than an hour later, the same man returned to the trailer, went with Creech into the master bedroom, and again departed.   Sometime later, someone knocked on the trailer door;  in response, Creech went outside and returned with a small bag of cocaine.   Bland and Creech used syringes to inject the cocaine while Hardison “snorted some.”

Inside Creech's trailer that night there was an old 12-gauge shotgun in the corner of the living room and a .44 magnum pistol lying on the back of the couch.   At Creech's request, Bland determined that the shotgun had no firing pin and was, therefore, inoperable.   These guns were later stolen by defendant and his accomplice.   At some point during the evening, Creech brought a black bag containing smaller freezer bags filled with marijuana into the living room to show Hardison and Bland.

A short time later, Bland went to the back bathroom to take a shower.   While Bland was in the bathroom, someone knocked on the front door of the trailer and called out a name.   Hardison testified that when Creech opened the door, defendant, holding a rifle, and another man barged into the trailer and began shouting, wanting to know where the marijuana was located.   Defendant pulled back the bolt on the rifle and shot Creech twice.   Upon seeing defendant shoot Creech, Hardison turned to flee toward the back of the trailer.   After Hardison moved two or three feet, defendant shot him in the back.   The shot knocked Hardison down, and he lost feeling in his leg;  Hardison then “just laid there” silently, “reckon[ing] they figured I was dead too.”   Hardison heard the second man ask defendant, “Why did you shoot him?”   Defendant indicated that they should quickly attempt to locate the marijuana, as Creech's neighbors likely heard the gunshots.   Hardison heard the men rummaging through the trailer, opening cabinet doors, and running around.   At one point, one of the men went through Hardison's pockets while Hardison lay on the floor, though they did not locate any money.

Address

Michael Holmes 0189289

Central Prison

1300 Western Blvd.

Raleigh, NC 27606

Links of Interest

State v Holmes

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Notes

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