State v. Richardson

WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for the common law robbery, rape, and murder of Gladys Byrum. He pled not guilty and was tried (capitally on the murder charge) at the 30 October 1989 session of Superior Court, Union County. The jury returned verdicts of guilty of common law robbery, first-degree rape, and first-degree murder, finding both that the murder occurred during the commis sion of the felonies of rape and common law robbery and that it was committed with malice, premeditation and deliberation. The jury found aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances, but…