STATE v. YOUNG

No. 153A88.

380 S.E.2d 94 (1989)

324 N.C. 489

STATE of North Carolina v. William James YOUNG.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by John H. Watters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

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


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried in a noncapital trial upon a proper indictment charging him with the murder of his wife. The jury was instructed on possible verdicts of first degree murder, second degree murder, or not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder on the theory that the killing was premeditated and deliberate, the only theory upon which first degree murder was submitted.

On appeal, the defendant contends that...

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