WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge has thrown out the convictions of four men in the 2002 death of basketball star Chris Paul's grandfather. Now, state attorneys are considering their next moves, including an appeal.

Superior Court Judge Robert Broadie vacated and dismissed their convictions late last week following a January hearing in Forsyth County.

Nathaniel Arnold Cauthen, Rayshawn Denard Banner, Christopher Levon Bryant and Jermal Matthew Tolliver had been found guilty in trials in 2004 or 2005 for the killing of Nathaniel Jones. The four were all 14 or 15 years old when they and another teen were arrested.

Jones, 61, died from a heart attack outside his Winston-Salem home after being tied up, beaten and robbed.

A three-judge panel previously had denied the

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