Legal Opinion
State v. Spruill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 30, 1994No. 404A92PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Justice.
In 1985 defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of his former girlfriend, Beatrice Williams, and was sentenced to death. On appeal this Court affirmed defendant’s conviction and sentence. State v. Spruill, 320 N.C. 688, 360 S.E.2d 667 (1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1061, 100 L. Ed. 2d 934 (1988). On 21 February 1992, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for appropriate relief, vacated the order sentencing defendant to death, and ordered a new trial. A capital trial began on 12 October 1992, but on 20 October defendant elected to plead guilty to the charge of…
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