State v. Boyd

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

On 16 May 1988, defendant was indicted for the 4 March 1988 murders of his estranged wife, Julie Boyd, and her father, Dillard Curry. He was tried capitally. The jury found him guilty and recommended a sentence of death for each murder. On appeal, this Court held that the trial court erred by excusing a juror after a private, unrecorded bench conference with the juror and awarded defendant a new trial. State v. Boyd, 332 N.C. 101, 418 S.E.2d 471 (1992).

In June 1994, defendant was again tried capitally and convicted of the first-degree murders of Julie Boyd and Dillard…