State v. Golden

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Defendant Eddie Golden, Jr. was indicted, tried capitally and convicted of common law robbery and first-degree murder under the felony murder rule. Because the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder based on the felony murder rule, the trial court arrested judgment as to the common law robbery conviction. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison.

The evidence tended to show the following. The victim, James Golden, was defendant’s uncle. Defendant’s extended family, including the victim, lived near to each other in Pleasant Garden, N.C. Defendant’s father was a…