STATE v. DAVIS

No. 60A81.

290 S.E.2d 574 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Edward DAVIS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender, and Ann B. Peterson, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant assigns error in the admission of his inculpatory statement to police, and in the refusal of the trial court to submit to the jury the possible verdict of felony murder in the second degree. For the reasons enunciated herein, we find that the defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error.

The evidence for the State at trial tended to show that the body of Mrs. Myrtle Wilder was found in her home at approximately...

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