The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday put a Forsyth County judge’s dismissal of convictions in the 2002 killing of basketball star Chris Paul’s grandfather on hold, but it is unclear how long the pause will last.

The move was in response to an emergency request filed Monday by North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office to suspend Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Robert Broadie’s decision Friday to throw out the 2002 convictions of four men in the death of Nathaniel Jones.

Jones was found dead with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth taped shut outside his Winston-Salem home in a suspected robbery.

Broadie made the dismissals “with prejudice,” a designation that essentially blocks any appeals of his ruling.

However, the attorney general’s office is seekin

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