State v. McCollum / Brown
About the Case
Leon Brown’s case was in Formal Inquiry with the Commission. In July of 2014, the Commission staff met with the parties to discuss their ongoing investigation and the parties decided to present the Commission’s investigation at an upcoming Motion for Appropriate Relief Hearing. The hearing was held on September 2, 2014. At the hearing, the Commission’s Associate Director was the only witness called and testified for six hours regarding the Commission’s investigation. At the conclusion of the hearing, the attorneys for McCollum and Brown and the District Attorney joined in a motion to vacate the convictions and agreed the McCollum and Brown were innocent. The Honorable Douglas Sasser vacated the conviction and declared McCollum and Brown innocent. Both men were released from prison the next day.
Documents related to the MAR hearing are held by the Clerk of Court in the county of conviction and are not managed by the Commission. You may contact the Robeson County Clerk of Court regarding any documents related to the MAR hearing.