WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU FIRST. NEW AT FIVE A DAY DAVIDSON COUNTY MURDER CASE THAT DREW ATTENTION FROM THE TRIAD TO IRLAND IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. BACK INTO TRIAL TODAY THE STATE SUPREME COURT RULED MOLLY CORBETT AND HER FATHER THOMAS. MARTIN SHOULD GET A NEW TRIAL OF THE MURDER OF MOLLY’S HUSBAND. JASON CORBETT. HE WAS KILLED IN 2015 AT HIS HOME LOCATED ON PANTHER CREEK COURT, CORBETT, AND MARTIN’S ARGUED THAT IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE TWO YEARS LATER. THEY WERE CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND SENTENCED TO AT LEAST 20 YEARS IN PRISON LAST YEAR THE STATE COURT OF APPEALS OVERTURNED THAT MURDER CONVICTION AND THEN WILL THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE MADE A SERIES OF ERRORS THAT DENIED CORPORATE AND MARTIN’S A FAIR TRIAL TODAY IN A FOUR TO THREE VOTE THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD THAT DECISION. SO CORBETT AND MARTIN’S W
North Carolina Supreme Court rules for new trial in murder of Jason Corbett
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Updated: 11:24 PM EST Mar 12, 2021
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Molly Corbett and her father, Thomas Martens, should get a new trial in the murder of Corbett's husband, Jason Corbett.Jason Corbett was killed in his home on Panther Creek Court in 2015. Molly Corbett and Martens argued it was self-defense.Molly Corbett and Martens were convicted in Davidson County Court for second-degree murder in 2017. The two were sentenced to at least 20 years in prison.In February 2020, a court of appeals ruled 2-1 to overturn the murder convictions after finding a judge made errors that denied the defendants a fair trial. Prosecutors then filed an appeal.The State Supreme Court upheld the court of appeals Friday in a 4-3 vote. Molly Corbett and Martens will get a new trial in a Davidson County courtroom.The case made national and international news because Jason Corbett was an Irish businessman.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Molly Corbett and her father, Thomas Martens, should get a new trial in the murder of Corbett's husband, Jason Corbett.
Jason Corbett was killed in his home on Panther Creek Court in 2015. Molly Corbett and Martens argued it was self-defense.
Molly Corbett and Martens were convicted in Davidson County Court for second-degree murder in 2017. The two were sentenced to at least 20 years in prison.
In February 2020, a court of appeals ruled 2-1 to overturn the murder convictions after finding a judge made errors that denied the defendants a fair trial. Prosecutors then filed an appeal.
The State Supreme Court upheld the court of appeals Friday in a 4-3 vote. Molly Corbett and Martens will get a new trial in a Davidson County courtroom.
The case made national and international news because Jason Corbett was an Irish businessman.
