State v. Ratliff

FRYE, Justice.

In a capital trial, defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Following a capital sentencing proceeding conducted pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment for the first-degree murder conviction. Defendant was also sentenced to life imprisonment for the first-degree burglary conviction.

Defendant appeals to this Court making four assignments of error. We reject these assignments of error and uphold defendant’s convictions for first-degree murder and first-degree…