STATE v. ZUNIGA

No. 2A84.

322 S.E.2d 140 (1984)

312 N.C. 251

STATE of North Carolina v. Bernardino ZUNIGA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Harry H. Harkins, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender, and Robin E. Hudson, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.


MEYER, Justice.

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on the afternoon of 13 July 1982, 7-year-old April Lee Sweet was reported missing. Her body was discovered later that afternoon on the Calvin Johnson farm near Taylorsville in rural Alexander County. The victim had been stabbed, her throat had been cut, and, as was later confirmed by autopsy, she had been raped.

As a result of investigation conducted during the afternoon and evening of 13 July, law enforcement authorities...

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