STATE v. SMITH

No. 607A02.

588 S.E.2d 453 (2003)

357 N.C. 604

STATE of North Carolina v. Wesley Toby SMITH, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Joan M. Cunningham, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Staples S. Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


LAKE, Chief Justice.

On 15 October 2001, defendant was indicted for first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Margaret Leighann Martin. He was tried capitally to a jury at the 6 May 2002 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Rowan County, the Honorable Charles C. Lamm, Jr. presiding. The jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder, and, following a capital sentencing proceeding, recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. On 29 May 2002, Judge Lamm...

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