Court upholds conviction in Greensboro murder case
GREENSBORO — The state Court of Appeals has upheld a 2007 murder conviction against a Greensboro man.
According to a decision filed Tuesday, the court sided with Guilford County Superior Court Judge Stuart Albright that Khalil Jacobs is guilty of murder in the March 2007 death of George Nichols III.
Jacobs said at his trial that he fired in self-defense and appealed on the ground that he wasn’t allowed to present evidence that Nichols was himself a violent criminal and usually carried a gun.
On March 20, 2007, Jacobs approached Nichols about money Nichols owed Jacobs. In the exchange, Jacobs said he became afraid that Nichols was about to shoot him, so Jacobs shot first, he said.
Jacobs was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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