noting that "North Carolina law gives res judicata effect to consent judgments" (citing Simpson v. Plyler, 258 N.C. 390, 397, 128 S.E.2d 843, 848 (1963); McRary v. McRary, 228 N.C. 714, 719, 47 S.E.2d 27, 31 (1948))
How later courts described this case
- noting that "North Carolina law gives res judicata effect to consent judgments" (citing Simpson v. Plyler, 258 N.C. 390, 397, 128 S.E.2d 843, 848 (1963); McRary v. McRary, 228 N.C. 714, 719, 47 S.E.2d 27, 31 (1948))
- “brutality in excess of that which is normally present in any killing” and “conscienceless or pitiless crime which is unnecessarily torturous to the victim”
- heinous, atrocious, or cruel
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
ante, p. 878;
ante, p. 880;
ante, p. 894;
ante, p. 950;
ante, p. 897;
ante, p. 941;
ante, p. 942;
ante, p. 942;
ante, p. 971;
ante, p. 933; and
ante, p. 957. Petitions for rehearing denied.