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STATE v. JOHNSTON

No. 200A89-2.

476 S.E.2d 289 (1996)

344 N.C. 596

STATE of North Carolina v. Joe Cephus JOHNSTON, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Jill Ledford Cheek, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Nora Henry Hargrove, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

PARKER, Justice.

At defendant's first trial on an indictment charging him with the murder of Ralph Reese Bryant, defendant and codefendant Morris Wayne Johnson were found guilty of first-degree murder; and the trial court entered judgments sentencing defendant to death and Johnson to life imprisonment. This Court vacated the verdicts and judgments and remanded both defendant's case and Johnson's case for new trial. State v. Johnston, 331 N.C...

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