STATE v. VAUGHN

No. 83A88.

377 S.E.2d 738 (1989)

324 N.C. 301

STATE of North Carolina v. Eugene Franklin VAUGHN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Doris J. Holton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Gordon Widenhouse, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Justice.

In a non-capital trial, defendant was convicted of the first degree murder of Fritz Lewis and sentenced to life imprisonment. We find no error.

The State's evidence, in pertinent summary, showed the following:

On 25 August 1987, defendant gave Fritz Lewis, Joann Clark and Carey White a ride in his truck to the home of Wendy Clark, Joann Clark's sister. Defendant drank from a liquor bottle as he drove; the three passengers drank beer...

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