State v. Miller

WHICHARD, Justice.

In 1986 defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of Earl Allen, the owner and operator of City Jewelers in Robeson County, and sentenced to death. On defendant’s first appeal, we ordered a new trial. See State v. Hucks & Miller, 323 N.C. 574, 374 S.E.2d 240 (1988). At his second trial in 1993, defendant again was convicted of the first-degree murder of Earl Allen and sentenced to death. He appeals from this second conviction and sentence. We find no prejudicial error in the guilt/innocence and sentencing phases, and we conclude that the sentence of death is not…