STATE v. LAWSON

No. 142A81.

314 S.E.2d 493 (1984)

310 N.C. 632

STATE of North Carolina v. David LAWSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Elizabeth C. Bunting, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

James C. Johnson, Jr., Concord, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

In this appeal defendant contends the trial court erred by failing to exclude certain evidence and by improperly expressing its opinion to the jury. He also asks us to declare North Carolina's death penalty statute unconstitutional. We find no merit in any assignment and leave undisturbed the judgments entered by the trial court.

I.

In December 1980, Buren Shinn resided in a house on old Salisbury Road approximately three miles from...

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