STATE v. LAWS

No. 35A96.

481 S.E.2d 641 (1997)

STATE of North Carolina v. Brian Elgin LAWS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, by Constance H. Everhart, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


LAKE, Justice.

The defendant was indicted on 19 July 1993 for the first-degree murder of Earl Wayne Handsome. The defendant was tried noncapitally, and the jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the theory of premeditation and deliberation. By judgment and commitment dated 29 August 1995, Judge Farmer sentenced the defendant to a term of life imprisonment.

The State's evidence tended to show that Earl Handsome died on 27 June 1993 as a result...

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