Legal Opinion
State v. Garner
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 28, 1995No. 342A93-2PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Chief Justice.
Defendant, Daniel Thomas Garner, was indicted on 22 May 1989 in two separate bills of indictment for the 31 October 1988 first-degree murders of Timmy Oxendine and Roger Ray Strickland. On 23 August 1993, defendant pled guilty to both counts of first-degree murder. Immediately following the entry and acceptance of the guilty pleas, the trial court held a capital sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000. The jury recommended a sentence of death in both cases, and the trial court sentenced defendant accordingly.
The State’s evidence at the proceeding tended…
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