A jury has found Ricky Dean Norman guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the collision that killed Harley Carter, 82, and his wife, Helen Luffman Carter, 73.
The jury, which deliberated for about two hours today in Wilkes Superior Court, also found Norman guilty of driving while impaired, exceeding a safe speed and failure to reduce speed.
The sentencing hearing in the case will begin this afternoon.
Norman, 55, was driving a truck traveling south on Old U.S. 21 on March 26, 2007, when he collided with a car driven by Harley Carter as Carter tried to pull out from Pleasant Ridge Road in eastern Wilkes County. The Carters died at the scene.
Norman had been convicted of DWI three times and had a fourth DWI charge pending at the time of the crash, according to prosecutors.
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Jury finds Wilkes County man guilty of second-degree murder in collision that killed couple
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Published: August 04, 2009
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