STATE v. SPRUILL

No. 404A92-5.

601 S.E.2d 196 (2004)

358 N.C. 730

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnnie Lee SPRUILL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie B. Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, Valerie M. Pittman, District Attorney, for State.

Kimberly C. Stevens, Tyrus V. Dahl, Jr., Winston-Salem, for Spruill.


ORDER

Defendant's Petition for Writ of Mandamus is allowed. The trial court concluded as a matter of law that defendant satisfied N.C.G.S. § 15A-2006 by proving that he was mentally retarded, as defined in N.C.G.S. § 15A-2005(a), at the time of the commission of the capital crime in 1984. This Court finds no basis for disturbing such conclusion of law and holds that a defendant who satisfies N.C.G.S. § 15A-2006 is lawfully entitled to appropriate...

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