STATE v. MORGAN

No. 182A00.

604 S.E.2d 886 (2004)

359 N.C. 131

STATE of North Carolina v. James Lewis Morgan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by David Roy Blackwell, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Robert C. Montgomery, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

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


EDMUNDS, Justice.

On 5 January 1998, defendant James Lewis Morgan was indicted for the murder of Patrina Lynette King (King). He was convicted of first-degree murder on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death, and the trial court entered judgment accordingly.

The State's evidence at trial showed that defendant and his nephew...

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