Legal Opinion
State v. Norwood
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 11, 1996No. 318A94PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBB, Justice.
The defendant brings forth numerous assignments of error relating to each facet of the trial and capital sentencing proceeding. For the reasons set forth herein, we find the defendant’s trial and sentencing proceeding to have been free from prejudicial error.
JURY SELECTION ISSUES
The defendant first assigns error to the excusal for cause of twelve prospective jurors based on their answers to the trial court’s death qualification questions. First, the defendant says that the trial court’s questions were confusing and that they failed to establish either an understanding on the…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2005
- State v. BishopSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
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