State v. Westbrook

HUSKINS, Justice.

At the 2 November 1970 Criminal Session of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. Upon defendant’s appeal this Court found no error in the verdict and judgment of the superior court. State v. Westbrook, 279 N.C. 18, 181 S.E. 2d 572 (1971). Defendant then filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, and on 29 July 1972 this Court received from the Supreme Court of the United States the following mandate:

“United States of America, SS:

“The…