STATE v. JONES

No. 395A91.

443 S.E.2d 48 (1994)

336 N.C. 229

STATE of North Carolina v. William Quentin JONES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Atty. Gen. by Isaac T. Avery, III, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., and Linda M. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

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


WEBB, Justice.

The defendant's first assignment of error deals with the refusal of the court to let him ask certain questions of prospective jurors. During the selection of the jury, one of the prospective jurors indicated that he did not feel that a life sentence actually meant life and that if sentenced to life the defendant would be paroled "within fifteen years." The court then instructed the jury pursuant to State v. Conner, 241 N.C. 468...

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