Legal Opinion

State v. Holden

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 9, 1994No. 460A91PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*397MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was indicted on 1 July 1985 for one count of murder and one count of first-degree rape. In August 1985, he was tried capitally and found guilty of the first-degree murder of and attempted first-degree rape of Vanessa Jones. He was sentenced to death for the murder and to twenty years imprisonment for the attempted rape. We found no error in the trial and sentences in State v. Holden, 321 N.C. 125, 362 S.E.2d 513 (1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1061, 100 L. Ed. 2d 935 (1988) (hereinafter Holden I).

In 1989, the defendant filed a Motion for Appropriate Relief in…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. McKoy v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Bowers v. HardwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. State v. VandiverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  5. State v. VandiverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. LloydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
  2. Richardson v. BrankerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  4. State v. DukeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2005
  5. State v. HoldenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997

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