Legal Opinion

State v. McAvoy

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 25, 1992No. 27A90PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*587FRYE, Justice.

Defendant was tried in a non-capital trial upon a true bill of indictment charging him with first-degree murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced defendant to a term of life imprisonment. We find no prejudicial error in defendant’s trial.

The State’s evidence tended to show that on the evening of 7 September 1988, defendant was working as a bartender at the Winner’s Circle Club. Around 11:30 or 11:45 p.m., Gary Gray was in the club and told Annette Underwood and Michelle Williams that his wife and defendant were “seeing each other.”…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  2. State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  3. State v. EarnhardtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. State v. VauseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  5. State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. State v. LeeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  2. State v. AbrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  3. State v. ReidSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  4. State v. RoseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  5. State v. LyonsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995

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