STATE v. PARKS

No. 8821SC634.

374 S.E.2d 138 (1988)

92 N.C. App. 181

STATE of North Carolina v. James Gordon PARKS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Debbie K. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Harrell Powell, Jr. and Garry Whitaker, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


BECTON, Judge.

From the imposition of a 15-year prison sentence following his conviction of second degree murder, defendant appeals. For the reasons that follow, we grant a new trial.

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After meeting Gloria Wherry in a lounge in Kernersville, the defendant, James Gordon Parks, agreed to take Ms. Wherry and her two children to Welcome, North Carolina. When defendant and Ms. Wherry arrived at her apartment, defendant was introduced to Robert Graham...

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