Legal Opinion
State v. Pickens
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 24, 1997No. 121A92-2PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, Justice.
This appeal marks the second time this case has come before this Court.
On 7 May 1990, defendant Charles Louis Pickens, Jr. was indicted for first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into occupied property. He and codefendant James Edward Arrington were tried jointly and capitally in September 1991. The jury found defendant guilty, and he was sentenced to life for the murder conviction. On appeal, this Court concluded that the joinder of the defendants for trial was prejudicial error and remanded the case for new, separate trials. State v. Pickens, 335 N.C. 717, 440 S.E.2d…
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