WHICHARD, Justice.
This is a case of murder perpetrated by lying in wait. See N.C.G.S. 14-17 (1986). The victim, Wayne Gerald, who had been working at his desk at home the evening of 5 May 1984, was killed by a single shotgun blast fired through the window beside him. He died instantaneously.
In pertinent part, the evidence at trial showed the following:
Around five o'clock the afternoon of 5 May 1984 defendant's brother Ray Brown and his friend...
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