STATE v. POWELL

No. 190A93.

459 S.E.2d 219 (1995)

340 N.C. 674

STATE of North Carolina v. William Dillard POWELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William F.W. Massengale and Marilyn G. Ozer, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of Mary Gladden, an employee of The Pantry on Charles Road in Shelby, and sentenced to death. He appeals from his conviction and sentence. We conclude that defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error, and that the sentence of death is not disproportionate.

The State's evidence tended to show that the victim was killed on 31 October 1991 while on duty at The Pantry. Scott Truelove...

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