Death Penalty 2022 

April 29, 2022

6.25 CLE Hours 

This registration is for Friday seminar ONLY

8:25 a.m. | Opening Comments 

• Terry Alford, Trial Resource Counsel, Office of Capital Defender, Durham

8:30 a.m. |OCD Updates 

• Rob Sharpe, Capital Defender, Durham

9:00 a.m.| Preserving the Record and Case Law Highlights

• Amanda Zimmer, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham 

9:30 a.m. | Extending Miller to Age 25

• David Andrews, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham

10:00 a.m. | Break 

10:15 a.m. | Mental Illness & the Expert’s Perspective at Trial Testimony 

• Dr. Amy James, Forensic Psychologist, New Bern 

11:15 a.m. | Case Law and Capacity

•  David Botchin, David B. Botchin, PC, Winston-Salem

11:45 a.m.| Lunch

1:00 p.m. | Mental Health Diagnosis: Defense & Mitigation

• Lisa Miles, Law Office of Lisa Miles, Durham

2:00 p.m. | Pathology: Understanding Autopsies – Case Examples 

• Dr. Christena Roberts, CJ Consulting of America, LLC, Black Mountain 

3:00 p.m. | Break

3:15 p.m.| Wymore: Fighting Attempts to Circumvent by State & Court 

• Vicki Jayne, Assistant Capital Defender, Asheville

4:00 p.m. |The Best Use and Value of Team and/or Expert Meetings 

•   Norman Butler, Law Office of Norman Butler, Charlotte 

4:30 p.m.| Adjourn