Repository Collection 03
State v. Larry Lamb
CASE ENTRY
Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the National Registry of Exonerations case profile for State v. Larry Lamb, cited in Claim III of the Supplemental Motion. The case is referenced as an example of a North Carolina conviction later overturned following the use of unreliable witness testimony, coercive investigative practices, and the suppression of material impeachment and exculpatory evidence. It is included to illustrate comparable instances in which official misconduct resulted in post-conviction relief.
Related SMAR Citation
“State v. Larry Lamb: Duplin Co. Sheriff's detectives coerced witness; prosecutor failed to disclose contradictory statements and compensation arrangement led to vacatur.”
Case Name
State v. Larry Lamb
Location
Duplin County, North Carolina
Convictred
1993
Exonerated
2013
Source Location
The National Registry of Exonerations
Source Location
The National Registry of Exonerations
Highlighted Pages
1 - 4
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 59, Paragraph: 121
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May's allegation that North Carolina courts have granted post-conviction relief where convictions
were obtained through unreliable witness testimony, coercive investigative practices, and laterdeveloped impeachment and exculpatory evidence. The Larry Lamb case is cited as an example
in which the prosecution's principal witness later recanted her testimony, stating that law
enforcement officers coached and threatened her into providing false testimony, and where
additional evidence undermined the State's case and identified alternative perpetrators. May relies
upon Lamb to illustrate that unreliable witness testimony, coercive investigative practices, and
later-developed impeachment and exculpatory evidence resulted in the vacatur of the conviction
and dismissal of the charges.
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