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STATE v. SWEATT

No. 556A91.

427 S.E.2d 112 (1993)

333 N.C. 407

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnny Mack SWEATT

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Jane R. Garvey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Mark D. Montgomery, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.

FRYE, Justice.

On 3 December 1990, a Guilford County grand jury indicted defendant for the murder of Robert James Taylor. A superseding indictment for this crime was returned on 10 June 1991. Defendant pled not guilty to the first-degree murder charge and was tried capitally before a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. After a sentencing proceeding held pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment, and defendant...

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