Repository Collection 03
State v. Michael Parker
CASE ENTRY
Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the National Registry of Exonerations case profile for State v. Michael Parker, cited in Claim III of the Supplemental Motion. The case is referenced as an example of a North Carolina conviction later overturned following evidentiary failures, advances in forensic science, and expert review that undermined the prosecution's theory of the case. It is included to illustrate comparable circumstances in which subsequent scientific and investigative review supported post-conviction relief.
Related SMAR Citation
“State v. Mike Parker: Pender Co. SBI mishandled evidence, presenting chain-of-custody failures, and DA's theory contradicted by later forensic review led to vacatur”
Case Name
State v. Michael Parker
Location
Henderson County, North Carolina
Convictred
1994
Exonerated
2014
Verification Source
The National Registry of Exonerations
Source Location
The National Registry of Exonerations
Highlighted Pages
2 - 3
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 subsequent
medical, forensic, and expert review demonstrated that the evidentiary foundation supporting a
conviction was unreliable. The Michael Parker case is cited as an example in which newly
developed medical evidence, advances in forensic child interviewing techniques, and expert
review undermined the prosecution's forensic theory, resulting in the vacatur of Parker's
conviction. May relies upon Parker to illustrate that North Carolina courts have granted relief when
later scientific and investigative review revealed that the evidence supporting a conviction was
fundamentally flawed.
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