ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — An Asheboro man was handed down a first-degree murder conviction and death sentence by a jury on Thursday in connection to the death of a man in 2021, according to court documents.
Branson Raye Lambert, of Asheboro, is in the custody of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office.
Woman charged after stabbing in Walmart parking lot, Greensboro police say: ‘Stabbed the victim in her neck’
He will be taken to the Raleigh state penitentiary, where he will be put to death by law, a court document states.
“May God have mercy on his soul,” the document reads.
Background
At about 2:13 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2021, police responded to a shooting on the 400 block of East Salisbury Street…