STATE v. HEATWOLE

No. 119A89-2.

473 S.E.2d 310 (1996)

344 N.C. 1

STATE of North Carolina v. George Franklin HEATWOLE, III.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Joan Herre Erwin, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., and Marsh Smith, Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Justice.

In February 1989 defendant pled guilty to the first-degree murders of his stepmother, Alta Heatwole, and a security guard, John Garrison. On appeal this Court found prejudicial error under McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433, 110 S.Ct. 1227, 108 L.Ed.2d 369 (1990), and remanded for a new capital sentencing proceeding. State v. Heatwole, 333...

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