# State v. Davis

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · December 7, 1989 · 325 N.C. 607

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9614784

## Case

- **Full name:** State of North Carolina v. Eugene Davis, Jr.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** December 7, 1989
- **Citations:** 325 N.C. 607; 386 S.E.2d 418; 1989 N.C. LEXIS 596
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Martin
- **Judges:** Martin, Whichard, Meyer, Mitchell
- **Cited by:** 71 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding no abuse of discretion where prospective juror’s answers “reveal that he wanted to follow the law, but thought his views on capital punishment would interfere with the performance of his duties during the sentencing phase”
- stating that a homicide victim is still a “person” if the death and the taking form a continuous chain of events within the meaning of common-law robbery

## Opinion text

Justice MARTIN
dissenting in part.
I remain convinced that the dissent in State v. Quesinberry, 319 N.C. 228, 241 , 354 S.E. 2d 446, 454 (1987) with respect to the *634 sentencing issue is a correct statement of the law and therefore dissent from that part of the majority opinion awarding defendant a new sentencing hearing. I concur in the remainder of the opinion.
Justices MEYER and MITCHELL join in this dissenting opinion.

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