STATE v. JONES

No. 22A02.

595 S.E.2d 124 (2004)

358 N.C. 330

STATE of North Carolina v. Marcus Douglas JONES, Sr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Teresa H. Pell, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Margaret Creasy Ciardella, Wrightsville, for defendant-appellant.


ORR, Justice.

Defendant, Marcus Douglas Jones, Sr., was indicted on 14 September 1999 for the first-degree murders of his wife Benita1 Irene Futrell Jones and stepson Marvin Chase Thomas. Defendant was tried capitally, and the jury found him guilty of both murders on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death for each of the murders, and the trial court...

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