Legal Opinion

State v. McQueen

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 2, 1989No. 32A86PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was indicted on one count of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Trooper Giles Harmon of the North Car*121olina Highway Patrol. The case was tried capitally, on a theory of premeditated and deliberated murder.

The State’s evidence tended to show the following events. In November 1984 defendant and his wife, Marsha McQueen, separated for the second time. Marsha McQueen moved from their home in Lexington, Kentucky, to Statesville, North Carolina. Defendant remained in Kentucky and began living with Charles “Ickey” Barker, a man he had known for several years, who…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Arizona v. RobersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. GolphinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
  2. State v. SkipperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  3. State v. LarrimoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995
  4. State v. VickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995
  5. State v. HippsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998

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