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State v. May Trial Transcript

Last Revised • July 7, 2026

This Source Verification Page documents portions of the State v. May trial transcript cited throughout Statement of Facts C of the Supplemental Motion. Although the original transcript has not yet been obtained for inclusion within the Source Verification Archive, the cited testimony concerns the availability of audio and video recording equipment during the investigation and the absence of any recorded interview of the Defendant. The transcript references are preserved here to document the testimony relied upon in the Supplemental Motion.


Related SMAR Citation

“[See trial testimony by APD Officer Ernie Wellborn, Tp. 894]” “[Tp. 1340]”


Source Name

State v. May Trial Transcript


Referenced in the Supplemental Motion

Page 25 - 26, Paragraph: 44


Transcript Pages

1125–1128


Source Location

Buncombe County Superior Court Trial Record


Source Status

✔ Trial transcript pages cited throughout the Supplemental Motion

X Not obtained for inclusion

X NOT a publicly available source

✔ Transcripts are likely available through counsel, court records, appellate records, or the case file.


Cited to Support

May's allegation that neither Darrell Godfrey's interview nor the Defendant's interrogation was audio or video recorded despite the availability of recording equipment during the investigation. The cited trial testimony is relied upon to establish that video equipment was available and used to record the Blue Ridge Parkway crime scene and that recorded interrogations were discussed in connection with other capital cases. May cites these transcript passages to support his claim that recording the interviews was feasible but was not done, even though Detective Judy Romick prepared written accounts of both interviews and claimed to have written Godfrey's statement for him. May relies upon this testimony to challenge the reliability and verifiability of statements attributed to both Godfrey and the Defendant in the absence of any audio or video record of the interviews.


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