STATE v. PLEASANT

No. 103A95.

464 S.E.2d 284 (1995)

342 N.C. 366

STATE of North Carolina v. Martin Thomas PLEASANT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Gail E. Weis, Associate Attorney General, for the State.

Patrick H. Pope, Dunn, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

In a proper indictment, defendant, Martin Thomas Pleasant, was charged with the murder of his father, Jerry Thomas Pleasant. Defendant was tried in a noncapital trial on the charge of murder after entering a plea of not guilty. Defendant appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder on the theories of malice, premeditation, and deliberation and of lying in wait. We conclude that defendant...

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