One of the men convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan, in 1993, has filed a motion with the court on his behalf asking for a new hearing.
Daniel Green fired his longtime attorney, Chris Mumma, at his hearing in October and opted to represent himself.
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WRAL’s Amanda Lamb spoke with Green from prison about this case’s latest turn of events.
“I did not kill James Jordan,” said Green. “I’ve never killed anybody.”
Green says he was at a family party when James Jordan was killed. He was convicted of the murder in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison.
His co-defendant, Larry Demery, testified against him as part of a plea deal. Green believes Demery was coerced to lie in court.
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“They lied and told him that I was saying that I saw him kill Mr. Jordan. I never said that. It’s not true,” said Green. “So, yes, I definitely know for a fact that he was threatened.”
Green has filed a motion with the Robeson County Superior Court, claiming his attorneys failed to represent him adequately. He is asking for a new hearing.
“You’re hostage; you feel like you’re a slave because you’ve been convicted of something you didn’t do,” said Green.
His filing says that the jury did not find him guilty of pulling the trigger. However, the original jury sheet says Green was convicted under the felony murder rule, a law that says if you take part in a robbery and someone dies, you are just as responsible as the person who pulled the trigger.
Yet, the state never put on any evidence that Demery shot James Jordan, which Daniel says discredits his conviction.
“My conviction from the very moment that I was convicted was invalid, and it still is invalid,” Green said.
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In the filing, Green also points out that his defense attorneys promised the jury evidence that they never presented that witnesses saw James Jordan alive after the murder. Daniel believes this contradicts his alibi and hurts his lawyers’ credibility.
“You don’t tell anybody that you’re trying to convince and make a point to two things that cannot possibly be true at the same time,” Green said.
WRAL asked North Carolina Central University Law Professor Tamika Moses to weigh in on the case.
“When you look at the substance of this filing, one a lot of this has already been covered by counsel’s prior motion,” Moses said. “And two some of the other arguments are just not going to satisfy the requirement for a new trial.”
The judge has still not made a ruling in Green’s hearing that was held in December.
Demery remains in prison and his continuing quest for parole will be considered in December.
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