State v. Kirkley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
*205COPELAND, Justice.
Defendant brings forward numerous assignments of error which he contends require a new trial for these crimes, or a new sentencing hearing for the murder convictions, or both. We disagree as to the defendant’s arguments for a new trial and affirm his convictions but we conclude that he is entitled to a new sentencing hearing.
Guilt Phase
I
Defendant contends that he was deprived of his right to life without due process of the law and that he was deprived of right to trial by jury because seven potential jurors were struck for cause upon the State’s challenge for cause, due to…
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