State v. Dale

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was tried noncapitally on an indictment charging him with the first-degree murder of Barry Maurice Wiggs (“victim”). The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty as charged, and defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. For the reasons discussed herein, we uphold defendant’s conviction and sentence.

The State’s evidence tended to show that just after noon on 21 July 1993, defendant and the victim stood and talked in front of an abandoned building in Raleigh. The victim began running, and defendant chased the victim down a sidewalk. While giving chase…