STATE v. JONES

No. 63.

184 S.E.2d 862 (1971)

280 N.C. 60

STATE of North Carolina v. Freddy Ray JONES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, Staff Atty. Charles A. Lloyd, Raleigh, for the State.

Arthur Vann, Durham, for defendant appellant.


SHARP, Justice:

All the evidence tends to show that Peggy Jones (Peggy) was murdered on the night of 20 December 1969 by an assassin who fired three .22-caliber bullets into her back and three into her head back of the left ear. The nature of the wounds and the powder burns on the flesh indicated to the pathologist who autopsied the body that the weapon was discharged not more than six inches from her head.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether...

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