The N.C. Supreme Court has issued a stay on a hearing that could have led to the release of Michael Charles Hayes, the man who killed four people and wounded five others in a 1988 shooting spree on Old Salisbury Road.
The N.C. Court of Appeals had ruled last month that Hayes could be discharged from Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh “with conditions,” if a local judge approves it. Until that ruling, the judge’s only options were to recommit Hayes to the hospital or release him with no checks on his behavior
State supreme court issues stay on Michael Hayes hearing – The Winston-Salem Journal
September 15, 2009
