STATE v. POINDEXTER

No. 563A99-2.

608 S.E.2d 761 (2005)

359 N.C. 287

STATE of North Carolina v. Ronald Lee POINDEXTER, a/k/a Ronald Lee Pugh, a/k/a Sam Pugh.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Ellen B. Scouten and Valrie B. Spalding, Special Deputy Attorneys General, for the State.

Staples Hughes, Appellate Defender, by Janet Moore, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

This Court must address two dispositive issues: (1) whether the failure of defendant's attorneys to present a diminished capacity defense during the guilt-innocence phase of defendant's 2002 capital trial for first-degree murder constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, and (2) whether the superior court lacked jurisdiction to conduct the evidentiary hearing with respect to defendant's motion for appropriate...

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