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STATE v. PICKENS

No. 121A92-2.

488 S.E.2d 162 (1997)

STATE of North Carolina, Plaintiff, v. Charles Louis PICKENS, Jr., Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Daniel F. McLawhorn, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Charles R. Brewer, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.

LAKE, Justice.

This appeal marks the second time this case has come before this Court.

On 7 May 1990, defendant Charles Louis Pickens, Jr. was indicted for first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into occupied property. He and codefendant James Edward Arrington were tried jointly and capitally in September 1991. The jury found defendant guilty, and he was sentenced to life for the murder conviction. On appeal...

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