Legal Opinion
State v. Sanders
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 12, 1970No. 43PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMooRE, J.
Defendant’s first assignment of error challenges the single-verdict procedure followed by North Carolina in capital cases. He contends he is entitled to a bifurcated jury trial with one jury determining the guilt or innocence and the other fixing the punishment. Our statute, G.S. 14-17, provides:
“A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which *605shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, burglary or other felony,…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by67 opinions
- State v. HutchinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- State v. WestbrookSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
- State v. JarretteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- State v. BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- State v. BuchananSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
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