STATE v. COFFEY

No. 253A91.

444 S.E.2d 431 (1994)

336 N.C. 412

STATE of North Carolina v. Fred Howard COFFEY, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Ellen B. Scouten, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

James P. Cooney, III, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


Exum, Chief Justice.

On 16 February 1987 defendant was indicted for the first degree murder of ten-year-old Amanda Ray, who died on 18 July 1979. Defendant was convicted at trial on theories of premeditation and deliberation and felony murder, based on the underlying felony of kidnapping. After a sentencing hearing following this trial, the jury recommended a death sentence, and judgment was so entered in October 1987. On appeal to this Court, we found no error in...

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