Legal Opinion
State v. Hardy
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 30, 1994No. 278A93PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EXUM, Chief Justice.
On 20 April 1992 defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife. Defendant was tried noncapitally, found guilty of first-degree murder, and on 15 December 1992 he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Defendant and his wife, Karen Hardy, were married on 4 July 1980. They had two children together and Karen had a daughter from a previous marriage. They opened a restaurant, the Mountaineer Restaurant, in King’s Mountain. Their marriage, however, turned sour and they eventually separated; in August 1991 defendant moved out of the family home. Defendant slept at the restaurant…
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