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STATE v. SHOPE

No. COA97-61.

495 S.E.2d 409 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina v. Gary Leonard SHOPE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Assistant Attorney General K.D. Sturgis, for the State.

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

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Defendant Gary Leonard Shope appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting him of voluntary manslaughter in the 5 September 1991 beating death of Lillian Turpin Porter (hereinafter "Porter"). At trial, the State presented the following evidence: In the weeks before her murder, Porter lived with defendant, her boyfriend of two years, at a campsite by Lake Santeelah in Graham County, North Carolina. On the afternoon of 5 September...

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