Legal Opinion
State v. Lloyd
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 3, 1988No. 577A85PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Justice.
The defendant was convicted of the 12 March 1985 armed robbery and murder of Burton B. Cornwell, Jr. and sentenced to death and a term of fourteen years. He has brought forward assignments of error relative to the guilt-innocence phase and the sentencing phase of his trial. Having considered with care the entire record and each of the assignments, we find no prejudicial error in either phase of the defendant’s trial. We decline to disturb the defendant’s convictions or sentences.
The evidence presented by the State tended to show that at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 March 1985,…
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