STATE v. JOPLIN

No. 517A85.

347 S.E.2d 421 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Alma Jean Allen JOPLIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Ralf F. Haskell, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Acting Appellate Defender by Gordon Widenhouse, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

This appeal presents questions concerning the correctness of the trial judge's jury instructions and his denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the first degree murder charge for insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation. We find no merit in defendant's assignments of error and hold defendant had a fair trial free of reversible error.

I.

The evidence offered by the state tended to show the following: Defendant and decedent...

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