State v. Scott

FRYE, Justice.

On 26 July 1993, an Alamance County grand jury indicted defendant, William Lee Scott, for the murder of Nancy Funderburke. A superseding indictment for this crime was returned on 7 March 1994. In a noncapital trial, the jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. On 5 April 1994, the trial court entered a judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for the first-degree murder conviction.

On appeal to this Court, defendant makes thirteen arguments. After reviewing the record, transcript, briefs, and oral arguments of…