Legal Opinion
State v. Bacon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 29, 1994No. 209A91PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHICHARD, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of common law conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder at the 18 May 1987 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Onslow County. Following a capital sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. The trial court sentenced accordingly, and further, imposed a sentence of three years for the conspiracy. Defendant appealed to this Court.
On defendant’s direct appeal, this Court concluded that as to the guilt phase defendant received a fair trial free of prejudicial error; however, as…
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