Legal Opinion

State v. Forrest

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 2, 1987No. 705A86PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of his father, Clyde Forrest. 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 life imprisonment. In his appeal to this Court, defendant brings forward three assignments of error relative to the guilt-innocence phase of his trial. Having considered the entire record and each of these assignments in turn, we find no error in defendant’s trial. We therefore leave undisturbed…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  4. State v. BullardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. FullwoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  2. State v. McDowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  3. State v. HandySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
  4. State v. BadgettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2007
  5. State v. HedgepethSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991

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