Case Name: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES CARLO CINTRON
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1999-10-08
Citations: 351 N.C. 39
Docket Number: No. 190A99
Parties: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES CARLO CINTRON
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 351
Pages: 39–39

Head Matter:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES CARLO CINTRON
No. 190A99
(Filed 8 October 1999)
Homicide— first-degree murder — second-degree instruction not required
A Court of Appeals decision that the trial court erred in a first-degree murder prosecution by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder is reversed for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals that there was no evidence to support a finding by the jury that the murder was not premeditated and deliberate.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 132 N.C. App. 605, 513 S.E.2d 794 (1999), holding that the trial court erred by not instructing on the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder, thus vacating the judgment entered 7 October 1997 by Martin (Jerry Cash), J., in Superior Court, Guilford County, and ordering a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court 20 September 1999.
Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Robert C. Montgomery, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.
Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, by Charlesena Elliott Walker, Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendantappellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Judge Lewis, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.
REVERSED.