STATE v. WARD

No. 8822SC585.

379 S.E.2d 251 (1989)

STATE of North Carolina v. Estil Herman WARD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Lucien Capone III and Summer Intern R. Dawn Gibbs, Raleigh, for the State.

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


GREENE, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions of second-degree murder and second-degree arson. The evidence at trial tended to show that Lori Mayse allegedly hired defendant and her half-brother to kill her husband, Robert Mayse. After various failed attempts, the defendant and the half-brother succeeded in beating and choking Robert Mayse to death. A short time thereafter, defendant wrapped the victim's body in a blanket and disposed of it in a trash dumpster...

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