Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 25, 2000No. 279A99PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEMAN, Justice.
On 1 May 1995 the Buncombe County grand jury indicted defendant in true bills for murder in the first degree, first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, first-degree forcible rape, and first-degree arson. Defendant pled guilty to all charges. A jury recommended a sentence of death for the murder. The judge imposed sentences within the presumptive range authorized by N.C.G.S. §§ 15A-1340.17(c) for each of the lesser felonies, to run consecutively, and imposed a sentence of death for the murder.
The offenses for which defendant was sentenced in this case were…
2Cases cited87 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by64 opinions
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