STATE v. BOLINGER

No. 570A85.

359 S.E.2d 459 (1987)

320 N.C. 596

STATE of North Carolina v. Nicholas Arthur BOLINGER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Victor H.E. Morgan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Elisabeth A. Wyche, Hendersonville, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

In this appeal we consider defendant's contentions that the trial court erred in (1) failing to find several mitigating factors; (2) balancing the aggravating and mitigating factors and imposing a life sentence; and (3) accepting a plea of guilty. We reject each of these contentions.

Testimony at the sentencing hearing tended to show the following facts. On 26 September 1984, the deteriorated body...

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