Legal Opinion

State v. Rose

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 5, 1990No. 408A89PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

398 S.E.2d 314 (1990)

327 N.C. 399

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Melvin Claude ROSE, Jr.

No. 408A89.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 5, 1990.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Joan H. Byers, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Mark D. Montgomery, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant was indicted on 2 March 1987 for two counts of murder for the deaths of his cousin, Danny Ray Bateman, and Bateman's girlfriend, Jill Alexander, on 31 January 1987. The cases were joined and tried as capital cases. The jury…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  3. State v. WeeksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  4. State v. MooseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  5. State v. LedfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
  2. State v. AnthonySupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
  3. State v. BrutonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
  4. State v. NajewiczCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State v. FullerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000

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