Repository Collection 03
State v. Dontae Sharpe
CASE ENTRY
Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the National Registry of Exonerations case profile for State v. Dontae Sharpe, cited in Claim III of the Supplemental Motion. The case is referenced as an example of a North Carolina conviction later overturned following prosecutorial misconduct, investigative failures, and the subsequent discrediting of forensic and medical evidence.
Related SMAR Citation
“State v. Dontae (Montoyae) Sharp: Pitt Co. Prosecutorial misconduct in handling forensic theory and investigative practices led to vacatur and exoneration.”
Case Name
State v. Dontae Sharpe
Location
Pitt County, North Carolina
Convicted
1995
Exonerated
2019
Verification Source
The National Registry of Exonerations
Source Location
The National Registry of Exonerations
Highlighted Pages
2 - 7
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 58, Paragraph 121
Source Status
✔ Obtained and reviewed.
✔ Relevant passages highlighted.
✔ Publicly available source.
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive.
Cited to Support
Lyle C. May alleges that North Carolina courts have granted post-conviction relief in cases involving prosecutorial misconduct, investigative failures, and the suppression of material exculpatory evidence. The Dontae Sharpe case is cited as an example in which suppressed evidence, false or misleading testimony, and later medical and forensic evidence undermined the prosecution's theory of the case, resulting in the vacatur of Sharpe's conviction and his subsequent exoneration. May relies upon Sharpe to illustrate that comparable patterns of official misconduct have warranted post-conviction relief in North Carolina and to support his request for disclosure of evidence related to his Buncombe County prosecution arising from the July 1997 murders in Asheville, North Carolina.
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