State v. McCullers

PARKER, Justice.

Indicted for the first-degree murder of Edward Wayne Clopton (“victim”) in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-17, defendant was tried capitally. The jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the theory of felony murder with the underlying felony being robbery with a dangerous weapon. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment; and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. The jury also found defendant guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon. The conviction for robbery with a dangerous weapon also…