Legal Opinion
Bacon v. Lee
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 2, 2001No. 209A91-4PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Justice.
Plaintiffs instituted the instant civil action to challenge the constitutionality of the Governor’s exercise of his clemency power under Article III, Section 5(6) of the Constitution of North Carolina. 1
Plaintiff Robert Bacon (Bacon) was convicted of the first-degree murder of Glennie Leroy Clark at the 18 May 1987 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Onslow County. After a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death, and the trial court entered judgment in accordance with that recommendation. On 5 April 1990 this Court found no error in Bacon’s…
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