STATE v. DIEHL

No. COA98-1626.

528 S.E.2d 613 (2000)

STATE of North Carolina v. David Charles DIEHL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Assistant Attorney General Buren R. Shields III, for the State.

Mary March Exum, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.


TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

David Charles Diehl ("defendant") appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder and sentencing him to imprisonment for life without parole.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows. In Asheboro, North Carolina, police officers found the dead body of Jake Spinks ("the victim") in his home. The victim had been stabbed sixty-four times. Deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA") analysis of blood stains found in the home...

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