State v. Rodriguez

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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction for first-degree murder but vacated his sentence of death and remanded the case to the superior court for a new capital sentencing hearing.The Court held (1) there was no error in the trial court proceedings, including jury selection or the guilt phase, that led to Defendant’s conviction; (2) the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; (3) the trial court did not err by denying Defendant’s motion to set aside the jury’s verdict in favor of the State with respect to the issue of Defendant’s alleged intellectual disability; (4) the trial court erred by failing to submit the statutory mitigating circumstance enumerated in N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-2000(f)(6), which addresses the extent to which Defendant’s capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the law was impaired, to the jury at Defendant’s capital hearing. View "State v. Rodriguez" on Justia Law