- A North Carolina appeals court has ruled twice that Wendy Dawn Lamb Hicks is entitled to a new trial regarding her murder conviction.
- The court determined that text messages and photos presented at her trial likely biased the jury against her self-defense claim.
- During the 2019 trial, evidence included details about Hicks' private life, which the court found "unfairly prejudiced" her.
- Judge April Wood noted that the jury probably would have acquitted Hicks had the evidence not shifted their focus.
- The state’s Supreme Court previously reversed a similar ruling, allowing the case to be reconsidered in light of these new findings.
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