Legal Opinion

State v. Pinch

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 2, 1982No. 43A81Published

1Opinion of the Court

292 S.E.2d 203 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Michael Edward PINCH.

No. 43A81.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1982.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Joan H. Byers, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein and Ann B. Peterson, Raleigh, pro hac vice for defendant-appellant.

COPELAND, Justice.

Defendant brings forward many assignments of error which he contends require a new trial of these crimes, or a new sentencing hearing, or both. We disagree and affirm the sentences of death imposed upon the jury's recommendations.

At the outset, we must note that defendant's…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited83 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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