STATE v. SCOTT

No. COA01-96.

564 S.E.2d 285 (2002)

STATE of North Carolina v. Wayne SCOTT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Daniel P. O'Brien, for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate Defender Benjamin Dowling-Sendor, for defendant-appellant.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

On 4 December 1995, defendant Wayne Scott was indicted for the murders of Docia Chavis and Melinda Chavis, arson, first-degree burglary, and first-degree rape. The case was tried capitally on the basis of both premeditated and deliberate murder and felony murder. On 27 January 1999, defendant was found guilty of first-degree arson, first-degree rape, first-degree burglary, and two counts of first-degree murder under the felony murder rule. Following...

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