Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 7, 1989No. 745A85PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHICHARD, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and common-law robbery. The jury recommended the death sentence for the murder, and the trial court sentenced accordingly. It imposed a sentence of ten years imprisonment for the robbery. Because we find prejudicial error in the sentencing phase on the murder charge, we remand for a new capital sentencing hearing. We find no error on the robbery charge.
The State’s evidence tended to show that the victim, Vivian Whitaker, was murdered in her apartment on 1 March 1984. She was last seen alive as she entered her apartment at…
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