State v. Webster

447 S.E.2d 349 (1994)

337 N.C. 674

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Mary Ruth WEBSTER.

No. 358A93.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 9, 1994.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Norma S. Harrell, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., for state.

Narron, O'Hale and Whittington, P.A. by John P. O'Hale and Jacquelyn L. Lee, Smithfield, for defendant-appellant.

EXUM, Chief Justice.

Defendant Mary Ruth Webster was convicted of second-degree murder, and Judge Hobgood imposed the presumptive sentence of fifteen years imprisonment. A majority of the Court of Appeals panel found no error in the trial. Judge Wells dissented on…