STATE v. ABRAHAM

No. 478A91.

451 S.E.2d 131 (1994)

338 N.C. 315

STATE of North Carolina v. James Tyrone ABRAHAM and Patrick Lavell Cureton.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Atty. Gen. by Debra C. Graves, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Joseph F. Lyles, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Abraham.

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


EXUM, Chief Justice.

Defendants James Tyrone Abraham and Patrick Lavell Cureton were indicted for the first-degree murder of Tariano Gaddy and for felonious assaults against Darryl Foster and Joice Hardin. They were tried capitally in a joint trial. A jury convicted each defendant of first-degree murder on the theory of felony murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Upon the jury's recommendation of life imprisonment for both defendants...

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