STATE v. SHANK

No. 260A89.

394 S.E.2d 811 (1990)

327 N.C. 405

STATE of North Carolina v. John Quinton SHANK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Appellate Defender by Teresa A. McHugh, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant, John Quinton Shank, was indicted for the first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Dellarie Shank. He was convicted of first-degree murder at the 15 September 1986 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Cleveland County, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On his appeal of that conviction and sentence, this Court awarded a new trial. State v. Shank, 322 N.C. 243, 367 S.E.2d 639 (1988). After...

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