STATE v. ARTIS

No. 504A84.

384 S.E.2d 470 (1989)

325 N.C. 278

STATE of North Carolina v. Roscoe ARTIS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Joan H. Byers, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., and Debra C. Graves, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for state.

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


MARTIN, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree of Joann Brockman and sentenced to death. Our review of the guilt and penalty phases of his trial reveals no prejudicial error.

Evidence adduced by both defendant and the state at defendant's trial tended to show the following events occurring in Red Springs on 22 October 1983:

On that day at about 9:30 a.m., the victim's aunt, Alice McLaughlin, observed defendant walking up the...

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