Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided June 15, 1999No. COA98-429PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORTON, Judge.
In 1893 our General Assembly codified the common law offense of murder and divided it into first and second degrees. State v. Davis, 305 N.C. 400, 422, 290 S.E.2d 574, 588 (1982). The killings considered to be the most heinous were classified as first-degree murder and then subdivided into three classes: “(1) murders perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, or torture, (2) premeditated murder, and (3) killings occurring in the commission of’ any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, or other felony. Id. at 423, 290 S.E.2d at 588. This third class of…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
- State v. SturdivantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- State v. LynchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
- State v. McAllisterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- Harter v. VernonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- State v. KriderCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- State v. WoodardCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001
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