State v. McHone

FRYE, Justice.

On 4 June 1990 a Surry County grand jury indicted defendant for the murder of Mildred Johnson Adams and Wesley Dalton Adams, Sr. Defendarit was also indicted on 20 July 1990 for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill-inflicting serious injury on Wesley Dalton Adams, Jr. In a capital trial, the jury returned verdicts finding defendant guilty of the first-degree murder of Mildred Johnson Adams (Mrs. Adams or defendant’s mother) and Wesley Dalton Adams, Sr. (Mr. Adams or defendant’s stepfather). The jury also found defendant guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with…