STATE v. SPENCE

No. 658.

164 S.E.2d 593 (1968)

274 N.C. 536

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Eugene SPENCE and Glennwood O'Neil Williams.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Harry W. McGalliard, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

George W. Gordon, Greensboro, for defendant, Spence.

Jack W. Floyd, Greensboro, for defendant, Williams.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The directive from the Supreme Court of the United States requires us to reconsider our former decision upholding the jury's verdicts and the Court's sentences. State v. Spence and Williams, 271 N.C. 23, 155 S.E.2d 802. As disclosed by the record, the defendants had objected to the jury on the ground veniremen were successfully challenged by the prosecution because of their conscientious...

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