Legal Opinion
State v. Lyons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 28, 1995No. 379A94PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, Justice.
Defendant was tried capitally for the first-degree murder of Police Officer Bobby F. Beane. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder, but was unable to reach a unanimous sentencing recommendation. Accordingly, the trial court imposed a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000(b). We find no error and, therefore, uphold defendant’s first-degree murder conviction and sentence.
At trial, evidence for the State tended to show that Senior Police Officer Bobby F. Beane of the Winston-Salem Police Department was fatally shot on 23 April…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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