State v. Quick

WYNN, Judge.

In August 1987, a jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder based on both premeditation and deliberation and felony murder. The jury also returned a guilty verdict on the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon and recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. Superior Court Judge Edward K. Washington entered a death sentence on the murder charge and arrested judgment on the robbery conviction.

On appeal, the Supreme Court of North Carolina found error in the sentencing phase of defendant’s trial and remanded the case for a new sentencing hearing. After the second…