Judge wrongly resentenced man convicted of murder as teen, possibly delaying release, lawyers say ...Middle East

State courts are being asked to interpret the law governing life sentences given to children. Photo: Getty ImagesWhen the North Carolina Supreme Court sent James Kelliher’s case back to the trial court, they did so with an instruction: Give him two sentences of life-with-the-possibility of parole that run at the same time. But that is not exactly what Superior Court Judge James Floyd Ammons, of Cumberland County, did. On March 31, 2023, Ammons did give Kelliher the two concurrent life-with-parole sentences the high court ordered. But those would not start after Kelliher had served consecutive sentences for armed robbery, each of ran between five and seven years. (Ammons also tacked on a two-

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