STATE v. FLIPPEN

No. 178A95.

477 S.E.2d 158 (1996)

STATE of North Carolina v. Samuel R. FLIPPEN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Ralf F. Haskell, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

White and Crumpler by Fred G. Crumpler, Jr., David B. Freedman and Dudley A. Witt, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was tried capitally upon an indictment charging him with the first-degree murder of Brittany Hutton. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the theory of premeditation and deliberation. Following a separate capital sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. The trial court, as required by law in light of the jury's...

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