State v. Aikens

PARKER, Justice.

A juvenile petition alleging that defendant committed one count of first-degree murder was filed in the Juvenile Court in Forsyth County on 1 October 1993. By order of the Juvenile Court, defendant was bound over to Superior Court for trial as an adult pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-608. On 14 February 1994 defendant was indicted for the first-degree murder of Robert Lee McCravy. Defendant was tried noncapitally. The jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the basis of lying in wait, and Judge Freeman sentenced defendant to life imprisonment.

The State’s evidence…