. >> i'm debra morgan, we brought you the verdict live as it happened. wral's amanda lamb, joins us live from the wake county justice center with what is next. >> reporter: the jury found travion smith guilty in just about an hour of deliberations of two different types of first degree murder. one, standard with the felony murder rule, that means it was committed during another felony, in this case a burglary. the other malice, premeditation and deliberation. there was a lot of emotion in the courtroom as this verdict was read today. it happened after just about 2 emotion from travion smith. there was emotion however, when jurors left the courtroom today, several of them appeared to be crying, and their job is not over yet. they returned tomorrow, to begin a sentencing hearing, expected to last for several days, and they will have to decide whether or not smith deserves life in prison or the death penalty. >> amanda lamb live in raleigh, thanks. >>> hundreds of homeowners are caught in limbo by a state law. >> new tonight at 6:00 , the stories of homeowner whose took the s

wral's amanda lamb live from the wake county justice center amanda? >> david just a little while ago he was sentenced by the as you said this jury deliberated about an hour and a half before returning that guilty verdict. they found chris line guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend back in 1996 and dumping her body in rural vance county. before he was sentenced the judge asked if he had anything to say to the court. >> mr. loin, sir, you don't have to say anything if you don't want to but if you would like to this would be the chance to do it. >> yes, sir. i just wish to say i did not do this, sir. that's all i can say. >> this was an emotional day as you can imagine for family and friends in the courtroom who had been waiting for this verdict for 20 years. just relief. so much relief. it's 20 years later so now she can rest and he can go to prison. >> coming up at 6:00 we'll hear more from the family and friends about what they think about what chris loin said in the courtroom during his sentencing. david? >> amanda lamb reporting live from the

. >> amanda lamb live in raleigh, thanks. >>> hundreds of homeowners are caught in limbo by a state law. >> new tonight at 6:00 , the stories of homeowner whose took the state to court for the right to sell their homes. the state's map act stops landowners in the way of road projects from developing the land and that stops interested buyers in their tracks. >> we have tracked this story as homeowners have fought the law for years, some of faces we have seen again and again, supreme court. julie sims was there as well, has the story. >> reporter: this is a fight that has been festering for years, with some homeowners calling the state law ludicrous. >> gene is the face for thousands of property owners. the lands owner spent two decades fighting the department of transportation. >> it's made an old man of me. you can look and see i have grown old, worrying of this over the last 20 years or so. >> reporter: kirby's story resinates with wake county property owners. >> they have got my hands tied to where i cannot develop it, i can't sell it, i can't do anything with it. >> reporter: the map

amanda lamb live in the newsroom. >>> pope francis is calling for a one-year moratorium on the death penalty. he proposes that catholic leaders suspend the practice during the whole year of mercy. the push for appropriateness runs through november. the pontiff is putting support for a conference set to begin today. he hopes it will bring an end to capital punishment. >> the uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo is expected to be arraigned on murder charges. 45-year-old jason dalton shot different locations killing six. authorities say the victims appear to be random. as kenneth craig reports, investigators are still working hard to find a motive.>> reporter: investigators say 45- year-old jason dalton picked his victims at random, sht coo, 17eaden . an ors a noha twseimr e . imal, d ckec inok s rk okhe insathre the cetedse s. ns, zo mgathtmt ve14r clue-b wndhohe ok. pe esdackmb rw t1. u bu.cndthke teate s of t edu cme hegnalomhao scto fr-ngble.olcidian lddrrtto abhofaadiptymichf , op bw be aun a nspe centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels

. >> amanda lamb live at the wake county justice center. thank you. >>> more emotion in a nashville courtroom as the jury heard from a man convicted of stalking sportscaster erin andrews and secretly making a video of her nude inside her hotel room. jay gray has the latest >> reporter: erin andrews walked out of the courtroom this morning leaving just before the courtroom was shown these videotaped depositions. >> your plan was to videotape >> reporter: that is michael david barrett, the man convicted of stalking the sportscaster in three cities, altering peepholes in her hotel rooms and secretly recording nude videos. >> why did you decide to do it? >> great question. >> i would like to hear the answer. >> i was in a financial bind, a huge mistake of judgment. >> reporter: you spend 30 months in jail after admitting to that mistake. now, andrews is seeking $75 million in a lawsuit that name spirit along with the nashville hotel and a management company at the time of the incident, claiming negligence, emotional distress, and invasion of pr

plus amanda lamb joins us live with the reaction to her students in a 20-year-old case. and greg fishel tells us about the big changes ye and.e's whole me. tonof ond o so y c watch whatevewhener yes and? whdo you ayinthat? their rulofrov. ing and," ccepe realeatebyomedy rtnerspa. s,ightow. do rism tv om clink >>> 20 years is a long time to wait for the wheels of justice to turn. >> friends and family of a shaw university student who disappeared in 1996 don't have to wait any longer. about two hours ago a jury found chris loin guilty of first degree murder. amanda lamb joins us live with the reaction to a case literally decades in the making. >> that's right david. this week long trial is that the state was able to find a vivid recycling election of what happened on may 16, 1996. it was a long time ago and now february 29, 2016 will also be a day they will never forget. a jury found chris guilty after deliberating for an hour and a half of first degree murder an automatic life sentence before he was sentenced he was given a chance to speak in court. >> you don't have to s

amanda lamb joins us live from the wake county justice center with what happens today and tomorrow. amanda? >> reporter: renee, he took a month to pick the jury because it is a case where it traveon smith if convicted, he could face the death penalty. the trial officially begins tomorrow. today they her pretrial motions. they discussed everything from dna to footprint evidence to fingerprint evidence, how that will be introduced. also, which crime scene and autopsy photos will be introduced as well as crime scene video. they talk about protecting the offered, especially as it relates to the roxboro -- two codefendants in the case. ronald anthony, one of the codefendants pleaded guilty under plea deal and received a life sentence. he may or may not testify, the da said today, and also sarah reddon, the admitted getaway driver, who made conflicting statements in the cases meeting with prosecutors today, she is on the witness list and again not sure that she will testify. but those opening statements will begin tomorrow and we will stream them live on wral. back to you. >> amanda lamb,

stay with wral for super bowl 50 coverage, jeff gravley, gerald owens, kathryn brown and amanda lamb will bring you live reports. gerald is live to show us the security in place for sunday's big game. >>> by the way, we need your help, we are going to have a bet with our contemporaries in denver, colorado, kcnc, about what we expect to gain when the panthers win the super bowl. we need your input of what you think we should ask from the rocky mountain station. >> not that we are going need it. however we need your help. >> we do not want rocky mountain oysters, by the way. they are a delicacy there. >> what is great about north carolina, food or something you think we should be able to send to the people in denver, should we lose. >> email deb or me or tweet us. let us know, we will include it. >> the interest is peaking. >> yes, in deed. it's amazing some of the things they have come up with already. >> coors beer. hot sauce. >> so looking forward to winning all of that. >> speaking of the coors beer, we are going to be feeling a draft here over the next few days. temperatures cooling down from the lev

lives or dies. thanks for joining us. jik02. >> i'm gerald owens. travion smith was sentenced last week, amanda lamb has been following -- >> reporter: the jury started deliberating at 3:15 after judge. before that attorneys had the chance to make the arguments. defense attorneys say smith should die prison, not at the hands of the state. they point to a long list of mitigating factors mostly childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors say he serves the death penalty. melissa huggins-jones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8-year-old daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. >> she had been struck 18 times at this point.

was live on wral as travion smith was found guilty of killing a mother in her north hills apartment. >> the sentencing phase of this began, the jury will decide between life and death. amanda lamb was in the courtroom this morning for the victim's daughter. >> reporter: she was the only witness for the prosecution,ing the first witness to take the stand, she did so outside the presence of our cameras due to a judge's order. 10-year-old hannah jones found her mother dead the morning after the murder. the same jury who convicted smith of murder will decide if he lives or dies. melissa huggins jones was found stabbed to death by her then 8- year-old daughter hannah jones. the child took the stand as her d ngof arnnlis ap aran sh. h s.ng sh he udmandg rs w a ol teda . d e l daigiores ne ry fayet is t thrordemvi a reew s.meerca the laser during preparations for touchdown in mexico city. no one was hurt. >>> many of you have plans to umre n n'cocoaicoidsafee di mmdere r orrid emur, ra ch tas kasqecthe r stmt g r pe an duthuay as>> stabig. gew,t.habrd frks enere on >>> stocks close hider led by gains in energy companies, a rise in the price of crude oil, dow up 257 points, nasdaq 98.

lives or dies. thanks for joining us. jik02. >> i'm gerald owens. travion smith was sentenced last week, amanda lamb has been following -- >> reporter: the jury started deliberating at 3:15 after judge. before that attorneys had the chance to make the arguments. defense attorneys say smith should die prison, not at the hands of the state. they point to a long list of mitigating factors mostly childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the death penalty. prosecutors say he serves the death penalty. melissa huggins-jones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8-year-old daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. >> she had been struck 18 times at this point. lying there in a pool of ood. helpless. travion smith should be punished. and nished severely. you, as an individual, believe that the death penalty is not the appropriate punishment, and the answer to that question is, no. smith guilty of first-degree murder in about an hour after two weeks testimony. how long this difficult history has 38 mitig