STATE v. BRITT

No. 498A84.

360 S.E.2d 660 (1987)

320 N.C. 705

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerome Parker BRITT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Thomas J. Ziko, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

A. Jackson Warmack, Jr., Rich Square, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant contends on this appeal that the trial court erred in allowing his wife to testify against him at his trial and in imposing a life sentence without permitting the jury to determine his sentence. We find no reversible error in defendant's trial and sentencing. We also find no error in the denial of defendant's motion for appropriate relief.

Defendant was indicted on 9 January 1984 for the murder of James Thomas Cotton. The case came...

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