Legal Opinion
State v. Watts
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 22, 2003No. 2A02PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, Chief Justice.
Defendant was indicted on 3 January 2000 for one count of first-degree murder, one count of felonious breaking and entering, and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. The cases came on for trial at the 2 July 2001 Special Criminal Session of Superior Court, Davidson County.
On 18 July 2001, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as to all of the charges and, following a capital sentencing proceeding, recommended a sentence of death for the first-degree murder. Defendant was sentenced to death and further received a sentence of 11 to 14 months’ imprisonment for…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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