State v. Cannon

PARKER, Justice.

Indicted for the first-degree murder of Virginia Nile Craine (victim) in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-17, defendant was tried noncapitally and found guilty as charged on the theories of premeditation and deliberation and felony murder. The trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment.

Defendant and the victim were married on 2 November 1991. The couple began having problems in January 1993. Sometime in July 1993, defendant moved in with his friend James Buchanan. On 29 August 1993, between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., the victim went to Buchanan’s home and pulled her car into…