Legal Opinion
State v. Hicks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided April 8, 1993No. 75A92PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Justice.
The defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Davie County on 8 October 1990 for the first-degree murder of Misti Ann Mathena. The defendant’s motion for a change of venue was allowed, and the case was transferred to Alexander County. The defendant was tried capitally, and the jury found the defendant guilty of first-degree murder. Following the capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended that the defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment on 2 July 1991.
Before trial, the defendant moved to suppress…
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