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STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 217A93.

449 S.E.2d 402 (1994)

338 N.C. 193

STATE of North Carolina v. Ralph Edwin HAMILTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Atty. Gen. by Valerie B. Spalding, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

J. Kirk Osborn, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.

MEYER, Justice.

Upon a proper indictment, defendant Ralph Edwin Hamilton was tried capitally, convicted of first-degree murder of his wife, Marva Hamilton, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal defendant brings forth three assignments of error: that the trial court committed reversible error in instructing on sanity and soundness of mind, that the trial court committed reversible error in instructing that intent may be inferred from diminished mental capacity...

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