STATE v. BUCKNER

No. 444A93-2.

527 S.E.2d 307 (2000)

351 N.C. 401

STATE of North Carolina v. George Cale BUCKNER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by John H. Watters, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III, and Joseph E. Zeszotarski, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Center for Death Penalty Litigation, by Kenneth J. Rose, Durham, on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amici curiae.


WAINWRIGHT, Justice.

In September 1993, defendant George Cale Buckner was tried on charges of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, felonious larceny, and felonious possession of stolen goods. On 20 September 1993, the jury returned verdicts of guilty as to all counts. The jury recommended the death penalty.

On 8 October 1993, the trial court sentenced defendant to death for first-degree...

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