STATE v. WHITESIDE

No. 431A88.

383 S.E.2d 911 (1989)

325 N.C. 389

STATE of North Carolina v. James WHITESIDE, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by David F. Hoke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Daniel R. Pollitt, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant was charged under a true bill of indictment with the murder of Gary Cooper and convicted of murder in the first degree in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-17. The jury recommended life imprisonment, and from the judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment, defendant appeals to this Court. We find no prejudicial error.

The testimony presented to the jury in this case reveals a brutal sequence of events. The State's evidence tended...

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