State v. Cummings

LAKE, Justice.

Defendant was tried at the 19 January 1987 Special Session of Superior Court, Robeson County, and was convicted of murder in the first degree. Upon recommendation of the jury, defendant was sentenced to death. On appeal, this Court found no error. State v. Cummings, 323 N.C. 181, 372 S.E.2d 541 (1988). The Supreme Court of the United States granted defendant’s petition for writ of certiorari and, on 19 March 1990, vacated the judgment and remanded the case to this Court for further consideration in light of McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433, 108 L. Ed. 2d 369 (1990).…