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STATE v. BURGESS

No. 529A86.

360 S.E.2d 686 (1987)

320 N.C. 784

STATE of North Carolina v. Paul Mitchell BURGESS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Ellen B. Scouten, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for state.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the first degree murder of Byron Roger Wallace and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of robbing Wallace with a dangerous weapon, but the trial court merged the conviction in the robbery case with that in the murder case. We find no prejudicial error.

The State's evidence, in pertinent summary, showed the following:

The dead body of the victim was found in a wooded area off Providence...

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