North Carolina
Christian McCaffrey says goodbye to Carolina penthouse, on sale for $3.7M

Christian McCaffrey is saying goodbye to the North Carolina penthouse he lived in throughout his time with the Panthers.
McCaffrey, 26, was drafted by the group as a rookie in 2017, first renting an residence till he purchased this Charlotte unit for $2 million in 2019, in accordance with the Wall Avenue Journal.
Listed for $3.75 million, the star operating again is hoping to set a report for the three-bedroom, four-bath unit, positioned within the luxe SKYE condominium constructing.
If it sells anyplace near that quantity, will probably be the most costly condominium ever bought in Charlotte per-square-foot.
“To me, this penthouse was greater than a house. It allowed me to really feel part of town that I really like a lot each time I look out the window,” McCaffrey advised The Submit in a press release. “You’ll be able to’t discover a higher structure for a condominium anyplace in Charlotte.”


“It’s a house with a lot character, and I’m so excited to go alongside such an incredible house to the following proprietor,” McCaffrey added.
The unit occupies 3,800 sq. toes of indoor house with a terrace and a 200-square-foot patio.
Options embody an incredible room with 25-foot-high ceilings and double-height home windows alongside two exposures. There’s additionally a chef’s kitchen with chrome steel home equipment, a cooking island and a separate oversize eating island.


The principle-floor hallway includes a barrel ceiling and a customized mural by Tampa-based artist Michael Vahl, which depicts real-life and fictional characters which have impressed McCaffrey all through his life, in accordance with the assertion.
A glass and metal architectural staircase results in the second ground.
Every of the bedrooms contains an ensuite bathtub.





The main bedroom includes a an oversize bathe with a rain head and a freestanding soaking tub.
Constructing facilities embody a rooftop pool, a health middle, a 24-hour concierge, a theater room, a sport room, a membership room and a rooftop fine-dining restaurant from chef Rocco Whalen.
Victoria Speer, of Ivester Jackson Christie’s Worldwide Actual Property, holds the itemizing.
“The proper purchaser for this penthouse is somebody who needs one-of-a-kind luxurious, privateness
and proximity to all that town has to supply,” Speer mentioned.




In October, the Panthers traded McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers in trade for 2023 second, third, and fourth-round picks and 2024 fifth spherical decide.
In the meantime, the Panthers final week acquired the No. 1 total decide within the upcoming NFL draft from the Chicago Bears.
“The group’s subsequent star participant might very effectively be the following proprietor of this residence,” Speer mentioned.
McCaffrey has been relationship mannequin and influencer Olivia Culpo for the previous three years.

North Carolina
North Carolina court says it's OK to swap jurors while they are deliberating

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s highest court on Friday left intact a murder conviction that a lower appeals court had thrown out on the grounds that a jury shake-up during deliberations violated the defendant’s rights and required a new trial.
By a 5-2 decision, the state Supreme Court reversed last year’s decision of a state Court of Appeals panel that had sided with Eric Ramond Chambers, who has been serving a sentence of life in prison without parole.
The state constitution says no one can be convicted of a crime except by “the unanimous verdict of a jury in open court” that state justices have declared in the past repeatedly must be composed of 12 people.
A 2021 state law says an alternate juror can be substituted for one of the 12 after deliberations begin as long as the judge instructs the amended jury to begin deliberations anew. The judge at Chambers’ 2022 trial did just that when an alternate juror joined deliberations because an original juror couldn’t continue the next day due to a medical appointment.
The original 12 had deliberated for less than 30 minutes the day before. Chambers, who was representing himself in the trial, was not in the courtroom when the substitution occurred. By midday the reconstituted jury had reached a verdict, and Chambers was convicted of first-degree murder and a serious assault charge for the 2018 shooting in a Raleigh motel room.
Chambers petitioned the Court of Appeals, which later ruled that his right to a “properly constituted jury” had been violated and the 2021 law couldn’t supersede the state constitution because 13 people had reached the verdict. State attorneys then appealed.
Writing for Friday’s majority, Chief Justice Paul Newby said the 2021 law doesn’t violate Chamber’s right because it provides “critical safeguards that ensure that the twelve-juror threshold remains sacrosanct.”
Newby wrote the law says no more than 12 jurors can participate in the jury’s deliberations and that a judge’s instruction to begin deliberations anew means “any discussion in which the excused juror participated is disregarded and entirely new deliberations are commenced by the newly-constituted twelve.”
The four other justices who are registered Republicans joined Newby in his opinion.
In a dissenting opinion to retain the new trial, Associate Justice Allison Riggs wrote the 2021 law is an unconstitutional departure from the concept of 12-member juries and “endangers the impartiality and unanimity of the jury.”
No matter what directions a trial judge gives to jurors to begin deliberations anew, Riggs added, “we must assume by law that the original juror’s mere presence impacted the verdict.”
Associate Justice Anita Earls — who with Riggs are the court’s two registered Democrats — also dissented.
North Carolina
Lowering U.S. and NC Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Memorial Day

In tribute to the sacrifices of our armed services personnel, Governor Josh Stein has ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities be flown at half-staff from sunrise until 12 noon on Monday, May 26 in honor of Memorial Day.
Statement from Governor Stein
“Throughout our nation’s history North Carolinians have answered the call to serve our country and protect our freedoms, and this weekend we honor those who paid the ultimate price in that service. Anna’s and my heart are with all the North Carolinians who are mourning their loved ones. Let us honor their legacy by preserving their memories, celebrating their bravery, and nourishing our democracy.”
Background
North Carolina flag announcements are issued in accordance to regulations outlined in the U.S. Flag Code.
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Obituary for Donna Darlene Foy at Jones Funeral Home of Jacksonville

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