State v. Goode

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

On 19 November 1993, two judgments, each sentencing defendant to death, were entered in the Superior Court of Harnett County upon jury verdicts finding defendant guilty of the first-degree murders of Leon Batten and Margaret Batten and recommending that he be sentenced to death for each of those crimes. A third judgment, sentencing defendant to a consecutive term of imprisonment of forty (40) years, was entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon. The convictions and sentences were appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and were…