STATE v. PETERSON

No. 547A06.

652 S.E.2d 216 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Iver PETERSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by John G. Barnwell and William B. Crumpler, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State.

Thomas K. Maher for defendant-appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

Defendant Michael Iver Peterson was found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson. Defendant appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, which determined, in a divided opinion, that defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error. Defendant has appealed three issues as of right to this Court on the basis of a dissent in the Court of Appeals. First, we must determine whether the trial court's erroneous...

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