State v. Bondurant

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Guilt-Innocence Phase

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that by death qualifying the jury and excluding for cause those who expressed opposition to the death penalty, the trial court violated his rights as guaranteed by the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Defendant concedes the decided cases are against him and presents no arguments in support of his position that were not carefully considered by this Court in State v. Avery, 299 N.C. 126, 261 S.E. 2d 803 (1980); State v. Davis, 305 N.C. 400, 290 S.E. 2d 574…