STATE v. GOSS

No. 316A05.

651 S.E.2d 867 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Christopher Edward GOSS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Barry S. McNeill, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Ann B. Petersen, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

On 22 September 2003, defendant Christopher Edward Goss stabbed his neighbor Deborah Sturgill Veler to death in her home, inflicting over fifty sharp-force wounds to her back, neck, face, hands, and arms using knives from her kitchen. Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, and a jury returned a binding recommendation that defendant be sentenced to death. On 8 February 2005, the trial court entered judgment sentencing defendant accordingly...

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