STATE v. DRAYTON

No. 529A87.

374 S.E.2d 262 (1988)

323 N.C. 585

STATE of North Carolina v. Merritt Williams DRAYTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Reginald L. Watkins, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Staples Hughes, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.


MARTIN, Justice.

Upon a proper bill of indictment, defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. We conclude that defendant had a fair trial and find no error.

The state's evidence showed that on 10 December 1985 Blanche Bryson was sixty-five years old and lived alone in Winston-Salem. She owned a television set which she kept in the den of her home. She also owned a 1972 Buick Skylark automobile. On 10...

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