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STATE v. GAINES

No. 486A94.

483 S.E.2d 396 (1997)

STATE of North Carolina v. Allen Lorenzo GAINES and Bryan Cornelius Harris.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by William P. Hart, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Jill Ledford Cheek, Assistant Attorney General, for State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Daniel R. Pollitt, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant Gaines.

Isabel Scott Day, Public Defender by Julie Ramseur Lewis, for defendant-appellant Harris.

PARKER, Justice.

Defendants were tried jointly and capitally for the first-degree murder of Charlotte Police Officer Eugene Anthony Griffin. The jury found both defendants guilty of first-degree murder and recommended a life sentence for each defendant.

The State's evidence at trial tended to show that in November 1991 the victim, Eugene Anthony Griffin, had a full-time job as a Charlotte police officer and also worked as a security guard for a Red Roof Inn...

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