State v. Artis

EXUM, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the rape and first-degree murder of Joann Brockman and sentenced to death. On defendant’s appeal, we found no error in either the guilt proceeding or the capital sentencing proceeding against defendant. State v. Artis, 325 N.C. 278, 384 S.E.2d 470 (1989) (Artis I). Ón 19 March 1990 the United States Supreme Court granted defendant’s petition for writ of certiorari, vacated our judgment and remanded to this Court for further consideration in light of McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433, 108 L. Ed. 2d 369 (1990). Artis v. North Carolina, 494 U.S.…