Legal Opinion

State v. Ager

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 3, 2002No. COA00-1327PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*578TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Leon Maurice Ager (“defendant”) seeks appellate review, by appeal and petition for writ of certiorari, from the judgment entered on his guilty plea.

On or about 4 March 1996, defendant pled guilty to the first-degree murder of his fiancée, Vanessa Haynes. The State’s summary of evidence during the entry of plea, made without any objection from defendant, tended to show the following: On the evening of 30 December 1995, Haynes was driving her eleven-year-old son to the child’s grandmother’s home, when she and defendant, who occupied the back seat, began to argue. When…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. State v. BraswellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  4. State v. GrundlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  5. State v. HandySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. McCoyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2005
  2. State v. AgerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
  3. State v. SaldanaCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2023

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