STATE v. SIMPSON

No. 381A89.

393 S.E.2d 771 (1990)

327 N.C. 178

STATE of North Carolina v. James Leon SIMPSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by G. Patrick Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

William A. Hough III, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of Shirley Ann Ford in a noncapital trial. We find no prejudicial error.

The State's evidence tended to show that defendant and the victim had been involved in a relationship for approximately seven years. On 10 March 1988 defendant stabbed the victim in the chest during an argument. The victim was hospitalized as a result of the stabbing and refused to see defendant afterwards, despite...

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