

A NEW TRIAL
Legal Timeline
Court filings and rulings from the last 20+ years of Scott's legal battle.

Aug 13, 2021
Supreme Court Opinion Filed Granting Certiorari
The NC Supreme court held that the MAR court erred in dismissing the claims of IAC and remanded to the MAR court to conduct a full evidentiary hearing

Jul 12 2021
2nd Appellate Counsel Withdrawn- New Counsel Appointed
Motion to withdraw and reappoint lead counsel granted Jul 2021

Apr 29, 2020
Writ of Certiorari & Mandamus filed to Supreme Court
Petition issued for the NC Supreme court to review the court orders denying the MAR/SMAR and also requesting review by a neutral judge

Feb 6 2019
Claims 7, 8 & 9 Dismissed
Dismissal of claims related to the sentencing phase of the trial

Dec 14 2018
Motion to Remove Attorneys Denied
After a psychiatric evaluation was ordered and conducted, it was determined that I had capacity to proceed on my own and motion to remove attorneys was denied

Jul 1 2018
Motion to Dismiss Attornies Filed (pro se)
In July of 2018 I filed a pro se motion to remove defence counsel for failing to follow their client's lawful instructions

Feb 12-15 2018
Full hearing on claims 7, 8 & 9 (sentencing phase)
The only full evidentiary hearing to date was restricted to the claims of IAC during the sentencing phase

September 2017
Unexplained Cancellation of Hearing
This later hearing never happened, having been cancelled with no explanation

Aug 25, 2017
Limited Evidentiary Hearing (guilt/innocence phase claims)- continued for Oct 30th
At the now 'limited' guilt/innocence phase hearing, only one of the the 5 witnesses subpoaened was heard. After a recantation of testimony was produced, the hearing was ordered continued at a later date.

Aug 22, 2016
Court reserved ruling on subparts of 3 of SMAR
Court reserved ruling on subparts of 3 of SMAR

Aug 18, 2016
Summary dismissal of claims 1,2 and part of 3
The NC Supreme court later vacated parts of this order and returned the claims relating to IAC to the MAR court for a full evidentiary hearing

Sep 12 2013
Supplemental Motion For Appropriate Relief Filed
6 years later, a Supplemental MAR was added to this which included additional claims to the original MAR, bringing the total number of claims to12

July 2007
Initial Motion For Appropriate Relief Filed
The second phase of the appeal, which allows the defendent to raise issues supported by facts not contained within the trial record

2006
Direct Appeal Denied
The direct appeal is limited to errors in the trial court proceedings and was denied in 2006

October 2003
Convicted
I was convicted solely on the evidence of one State's 'eyewitness' who had been coerced to testify against me (ultimately unsuccessfully) by the same DA and investigator in a case some years previously

Aug/September 1999
Charged
In 1999 I was charged with capital murder, despite their being no physical evidence connecting me to the crime.