State v. Womble

LAKE, Justice.

The defendant was indicted on 22 March 1993 for first-degree burglary and for .the first-degree murder of Palmer Ray Brown. On 13 September 1993, the defendant pled guilty to the first-degree murder charge. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the first-degree burglary charge was dismissed. Following a capital sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended that the defendant be sentenced to death. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that the jury selection and the defendant’s capital sentencing proceeding were free from prejudicial error, and…