10/19/01 - Cabarrus Superior Court Judge W. Erwin Spainhour grants a stay of execution until a hearing can be held to determine McCarver's mental status

10/11/01 - New execution date set for Nov. 9, 2001

9/25/2001 - U.S. Supreme Court enters an order dismissing McCarver's writ of certiorari as improvidently granted. The stay of execution is automatically terminated.

3/26/2001 - U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear McCarver's case

3/1/2001 - U.S. Supreme Court grants stay of execution

3/1/2001 - Governor Mike Easley denies clemency

2/27/2001 - Stay of execution dissolved by NC Supreme Court

2/26/2001 - Execution stayed by Superior Court Judge Leon Stanback

2/26/2001 - Witnesses named for McCarver execution

1/24/2001 - Execution date set for March 2, 2001

Ernest McCarver