STATE v. MURPHY

No. 325A87.

365 S.E.2d 615 (1988)

STATE of North Carolina v. Daniel Cornelius MURPHY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for State.

Arnold Smith, Wilmington, for defendant appellant.


WEBB, Justice.

In his first assignment of error, defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to sequester the prospective jurors during the selection of the jury. Defendant argues that the denial of this motion prejudiced him because of certain remarks by prospective jurors, to wit, by prospective juror number four who said, "but I believe [the death penalty] has some basis both in historical fact and in the Bible references;" by prospective juror...

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