Legal Opinion

State v. May

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 2001No. 509A99PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORR, Justice.

Defendant was indicted 3 November 1997 for the first-degree murders of Valeri Sue Riddle and Kelley Mark Laird, Jr. On 12 March 1999, a jury found defendant guilty of both charges. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death for each murder, and the trial court entered judgments accordingly.

After consideration of the assignments of error brought forward on appeal by defendant and a thorough review of the transcript of the proceedings, the record on appeal, the briefs, and oral arguments, we find no error meriting reversal of defendant’s…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. McKoy v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. State v. BensonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  5. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. MannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002
  2. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2008
  3. State v. WaltersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2003
  4. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002
  5. State v. ForteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2006

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