State v. McCarver

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was indicted for the 2 January 1987 murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon of Woodrow F. Hartley. He was tried capitally at the 18 April 1988 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Cabarrus County, and was found guilty of both crimes. The jury recommended a sentence of death for the murder, and the trial court sentenced defendant accordingly. The trial court sentenced defendant to forty years in prison for the robbery with a dangerous weapon conviction. On appeal, this Court ordered a new trial on both charges, concluding that prejudicial error occurred when…