Legal Opinion
State v. Maynard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 5, 1984No. 178A81PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEYER, Justice.
On 15 June 1981 a fisherman discovered the body of Stephen G. Henry in the Cape Fear River near Erwin, North Carolina. The body had been weighted down with cinder blocks tied to the body by ropes. An autopsy revealed gunshot wounds and blunt force wounds to the head and eight stab wounds in the abdomen. The gunshot wounds were the cause of death. The blunt force wounds to the head were inflicted before death and the stab wounds had been inflicted after death.
The defendant and Gary Bullard were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Within a week of his arrest, Mr.…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by105 opinions
- State v. YoungSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
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- State v. StokesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
- State v. HoldenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
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