STATE v. OWEN

No. COA97-1135.

503 S.E.2d 426 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina v. Marvin Augusta OWEN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Ronald M. Marquette, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Majorie S. Canaday, Blowing Rock, for defendant.


WYNN, Judge.

Having been convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Gloria Puryear, Marvin Augusta Owen seeks a new trial, contending that the trial court committed prejudicial error by: (1) admitting as evidence State's exhibit # 34, a handwritten note he allegedly wrote to Ms. Puryear before her death; (2) failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of second-degree murder; (3) sustaining the State's objections to certain cross-examination...

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