Repository Collection 03
DAs demand full SBI audit
ARTICLE SOURCE ENTRY
Last Revised • July 3, 2026
This newspaper article reports on calls by North Carolina district attorneys for a comprehensive audit of the State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory following revelations of forensic reporting deficiencies. The article provides contemporaneous reporting demonstrating that concerns regarding SBI laboratory practices extended beyond criminal defendants and were publicly acknowledged by prosecutors responsible for criminal prosecutions throughout North Carolina.
Related SMAR Citation
“("DAs demand full SBI audit," News and Observer, August 28th, 2010)”
Source Name
“DAs demand full SBI audit”
Author(s)
Mandy Locke & Joseph Neff
Publication Date
August 28, 2010
Verification Source
"DAs demand full SBI audit," The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Source Location
News & Observer special report on SBI laboratory practices
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 11, Paragraph 11
Highlighted Pages
1
Source Status
✔ Article obtained and reviewed.
✔ Relevant passages highlighted.
✔ Publicly available source
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive
Cited to Support
Lyle C. May alleges that concerns regarding SBI Crime Laboratory practices were not limited to defense attorneys, innocence advocates, or independent reviewers. The News & Observer article is cited to establish that the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys publicly called for a full audit of the SBI Crime Laboratory following revelations of forensic misconduct. May cites this article to support his claim that concerns regarding the reliability, oversight, and integrity of SBI forensic practices were so significant throughout North Carolina, including the forensic evidence presented in his Buncombe County prosecution arising from the July 1997 murders in Asheville, North Carolina, that they were acknowledged by the prosecutorial community itself, demonstrating that the problems identified within the SBI laboratory were widely recognized and not confined to criticism from criminal defendants or their advocates.
Supporting Documents
Original Article
Link to the original article.
Highlighted Research Copy
Working research copy containing the highlighted passages cited in the Supplemental Motion.
Continue Your Research
Return to Statement of Facts A
Continue browsing the sources cited throughout Statement of Facts A.
Return to Source Verification Archive
Return to the main Source Verification Archive and explore additional sections of the Supplemental Motion.