STATE v. BRAXTON

No. 2A98.

531 S.E.2d 428 (2000)

352 N.C. 158

STATE of North Carolina, v. Michael Jerome BRAXTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Ellen B. Scouten, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

David G. Belser, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Justice.

Defendant Michael Jerome Braxton was indicted on 30 September 1996 for first-degree murder in the killing of victim Dwayne Maurice Caldwell. Defendant was tried capitally and found guilty of first-degree murder on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended the sentence of death for the murder; and the trial court entered judgment accordingly.

The State's evidence at trial tended...

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