STATE v. BURKE

No. 181A93.

469 S.E.2d 901 (1996)

343 N.C. 129

STATE of North Carolina v. Rayford Lewis BURKE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Barry S. McNeill, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Benjamin Sendor, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

In a capital trial, defendant, Rayford Lewis Burke, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. In a capital sentencing proceeding conducted pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended and the trial court imposed a sentence of death. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that defendant's trial and capital sentencing proceeding were free of prejudicial error and that the death sentence is not disproportionate. Accordingly,...

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