STATE v. HOFFMAN

No. 313A97.

500 S.E.2d 718 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnathon Gregory HOFFMAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Mary D. Winstead, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Center for Death Penalty Litigation by Staples Hughes, Staff Attorney, Durham, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Justice.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show that between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. on 27 November 1995, defendant entered a jewelry store in Marshville, North Carolina, wearing a ski mask and carrying a sawed-off shotgun. Danny Cook, the victim, was behind the store's display counter when he saw defendant enter. When defendant entered, the victim told two customers in the store to get down. Defendant shot the victim in the chest from a distance of about...

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