State v. Beale

FRYE, Justice.

On 2 February 1987, the grand jury of Cumberland County returned a true bill on a two-count indictment charging that defendant, on 17 December 1986, 1) “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder Donna Faye West Beale, in violation of North Carolina General Statutes Section 14-17”; and 2) “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did employ an instrument, a 410 shotgun, on Donna Faye West Beale, a pregnant woman, by firing the 410 shotgun with intent to destroy the unborn child, in violation of North Carolina General Statutes Section 14-44.” On…