State v. Loftin

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant Melvin Leon Loftin was convicted of one count of first-degree murder arising out of the January 1987 shooting death of Curtis Bryant. The State having stipulated before trial to the absence of any statutory aggravating factors under N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the case was tried as a noncapital case, and defendant was sentenced accordingly to the mandatory term of life imprisonment.

In his appeal to this Court, defendant brings forward for our consideration two assignments of error relative to the guilt-innocence phase of his trial. We have carefully reviewed the entire…