Two death penalty trials noted in DW’s last post have resolved with a sentence less than death.
In Buncombe County, a jury rejected first-degree murder and instead found Brandon Lee Gross guilty of second-degree murder. He will be sentenced to a term of years. Still no word from the local paper or TV stations.
In Alamance County, Dennis Alan Mills pleaded guilty and accepted a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors alleged that Mills shot two men to death following an argument over a sandwich. Mills previously served time for the shooting death of his uncle.
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