Legal Opinion
State v. Fair
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 5, 2001No. 506A99PublishedCited by 240 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Justice.
On 12 May 1999, a jury found Nathaniel Fair, Jr. (defendant) guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon and the first-degree murder of Reubin McNeill (victim) on the basis of malice, premeditation, and deliberation, and under the felony murder rule. On 18 May 1999, the jury recommended a sentence of death, and the trial court entered judgment in accordance with that recommendation. The trial court also sentenced defendant to 94-122 months in prison for the robbery conviction.
The victim’s body was found near a vacant lot off Wilcox Road in Wake County, North Carolina, on 6…
2Cases cited84 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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