STATE v. WIGGINS

No. 342A91.

431 S.E.2d 755 (1993)

334 N.C. 18

STATE of North Carolina v. Phillip Novell WIGGINS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Mary Jill Ledford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

William D. Spence, Kinston, and T. Dewey Mooring, Jr., LaGrange, for defendant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant, Phillip Novell Wiggins, was indicted for first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and as a habitual felon. Defendant was tried capitally to a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder based on malice, premeditation and deliberation. Defendant was also found guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon. The jury found defendant not guilty of first-degree murder under the felony murder rule. After finding that...

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