STATE v. PREVETTE

No. 62A85.

345 S.E.2d 159 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Garfield Noah PREVETTE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Reginald L. Watkins, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Geoffrey C. Mangum, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss the kidnapping charge against him. He contends that the State failed to produce substantial evidence of the kidnapping element of restraint which was separate and distinct from the restraint evidence necessary to sustain his murder conviction. Because the jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder on theories of premeditation and deliberation and felony...

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