State v. Baity

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was charged in a bill of indictment proper in form with the first-degree murder of Jerry Martin Evans, Jr. (victim) in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-17. Defendant was tried capitally and convicted as charged. In accordance with the jury’s recommendation after a capital sentencing proceeding, the trial court entered judgment sentencing defendant to life imprisonment.

At trial the evidence tended to show that on 11 August 1992, defendant, Aaron Baity, was in the Stratford Oaks shopping center in Winston-Salem. Around 12:15 p.m., defendant entered Decorative Accents, a…