STATE v. PARKS

No. 580A88.

378 S.E.2d 785 (1989)

324 N.C. 420

STATE of North Carolina v. James Gordon PARKS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Debbie K. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Randy L. Miller, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State-appellant.

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


MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the shooting death of Gloria Wherry. The evidence presented at trial tended to show the following. After meeting Ms. Wherry at a lounge in Kernersville on the evening of 19 December 1986 and buying her a drink, defendant agreed to drive Ms. Wherry and her two minor children to Welcome, North Carolina, "to see her folks." When defendant and Ms. Wherry arrived at her home to pick...

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