State v. Vinson

215 S.E.2d 60 (1975)

287 N.C. 326

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Ernest John VINSON.

No. 48.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 6, 1975.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Claude W. Harris and Charles M. Hensey, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.

Robert A. Farris, Wilson, for defendant-appellant.

HUSKINS, Justice:

A prospective juror stated on her voir dire examination that under no circumstances and regardless of the evidence would she return a verdict of guilty if it meant imposition of the death penalty. She was excused for cause, and defendant assigns error on that ground.

There…