Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 4, 2000No. 396A98PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEMAN, Justice.
On 7 April 1998, defendant Clinton Cebert Smith was found guilty of the January 1996 first-degree murder by poisoning of his six-year-old daughter, Britteny, and the attempted murders by poisoning of his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia Cotton (Cotton); his three-year-old son, Jamal; and his four-year-old daughter, Breanca.
The State’s evidence tended to show that defendant dated Cotton for a number of years before they broke off their relationship. They had three children together, including Britteny, Jamal, and Breanca. Although all three children were born locally, defendant did not…
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