State v. Barton

MITCHELL, Justice.

On 20 May 1991, a Robeson County Grand Jury indicted the defendant for first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, felonious larceny, larceny of a firearm and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendant was tried capitally at the 18 May 1992 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Robeson County. The trial court dismissed the conspiracy charge at the close of the State’s evidence. The jury returned verdicts finding the defendant guilty of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, felonious larceny and larceny of a firearm.

At the conclusion of a separate…