STATE v. WORKMAN

No. 485A94.

476 S.E.2d 301 (1996)

344 N.C. 482

STATE of North Carolina v. Russell D. WORKMAN, II. STATE of North Carolina v. Eddie W. SHOFFNER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by John G. Barnwell, Assistant Attorney General, for State.

Danny T. Ferguson, Winston Salem, for defendant-appellant Workman.

J. Clark Fischer, Winston Salem, for defendant-appellant Shoffner.


LAKE, Justice.

Defendants were tried jointly and capitally for the first-degree murders of Arthur Lee Drake and Janet Louise Drake. As to defendant Workman, the jury returned verdicts of guilty of first-degree murder of Arthur Drake under the felony murder rule and guilty of first-degree murder of Janet Drake on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. As to defendant Shoffner, the jury returned verdicts of guilty of first-degree murder of Arthur Drake under the...

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