STATE v. CUMMINGS

No. 37.

200 S.E.2d 591 (1973)

284 N.C. 420

STATE of North Carolina v. James Monroe CUMMINGS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., Emerson D. Wall, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.

Wiley Narron, Smithfield, for defendant appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant's first assignment of error is based on exceptions to the solicitor's argument to the jury that the State was not seeking the death penalty. This assignment requires no discussion, for the disposition of defendant's second assignment with respect to the judgment is determinative of all matters involved on this appeal.

A sentence of death was pronounced in this case under a misapprehension of the law and must therefore be vacated...

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