State v. Williams

637 S.E.2d 523 (2006)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Gary Anthony WILLIAMS.

No. 118A06.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 15, 2006.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Francis W. Crawley, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Marilyn G. Ozer, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Justice.

Gary Anthony Williams ("defendant") appeals his convictions for first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into occupied property. For the reasons discussed herein, we hold that the trial court erred in granting defendant and his counsel a mere five minutes to decide whether to present…