State v. McAvoy

417 S.E.2d 489 (1992)

331 N.C. 583

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Steven James McAVOY.

No. 27A90.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 25, 1992.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Jane P. Gray, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Benjamin Sendor, Sp. Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant was tried in a non-capital trial upon a true bill of indictment charging him with first-degree murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced defendant to a term of life…