Court Brief
Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008
URL: http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/News/67470/
Decay execution halted for appeal
A convicted murderer awaiting the death penalty has received a temporary stay in his execution to allow more time to file his appeal because the transcript from his trial is not completed.
Gregory Christopher Decay, 28, was convicted by a jury in April of two counts of capital murder for the shooting deaths of a Fayetteville couple. He was sentenced to the death penalty — the first time in Washington County in more than 26 years.
Decay’s attorney filed a motion Tuesday seeking more time to file his appeal because the transcript from his trial is not completed. The order staying the execution was signed Wednesday by 4 th Judicial Circuit Judge William Storey.