State v. Torres

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried upon a proper bill of indictment charging him with first-degree murder. A jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree murder, and the trial court entered judgment sentencing the defendant to life imprisonment. The defendant appealed to this Court pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(a).

The defendant has brought forward assignments of error relative to the guilt-innocence phase and the sentencing phase of his trial. Having reviewed his assignments, we hold that the guilt-innocence phase of the defendant’s trial was free from reversible error. We conclude…