Title: State v. Frazier
Citation: 195 S.E.2d 33, 283 N.C. 99
Docket Number: N/A
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: March 14, 1973

195 S.E.2d 33 (1973)
283 N.C. 99
STATE of North Carolina
v.
Johnnie FRAZIER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.
March 14, 1973.
LAKE, Justice.
At the 13 April 1971 Session of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, defendant was tried and convicted of: (1) The murder in the first degree of Carla Jean Underwood; (2) the kidnapping of Rose Collins; and (3) the armed robbery of Rose Collins. Pursuant to the verdicts, the court sentenced the defendant to imprisonment for 30 years for the crime of robbery and to imprisonment for life for the crime of kidnapping, this sentence to commence at the expiration of the sentence for armed robbery, and sentenced him to death for the crime of murder in the first degree. Upon defendant's appeal this Court found no error in the trial or in the judgment of the superior court. State v. Frazier, 280 N.C. 181, 185 S.E.2d 652. Defendant then filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, and on 18 December 1972 this Court received from the Supreme Court of the United States, 409 U.S. 1004, 93 S. Ct. 453, 34 L. Ed. 2d 295, the following mandate:
The opinion in Stewart v. Massachusetts, referred to in the foregoing mandate, is as follows:
Pursuant to the foregoing mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States vacating the death penalty imposed upon defendant, this cause is remanded to the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County with directions to proceed as follows:
(1) The presiding judge of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County will cause to be served on the defendant, Johnnie Frazier, and on his attorney of record, notice to appear during a session of said superior court at a designated time, not less than ten days from the date of the order, at which time, in open court, the defendant, being present in person and being represented by his attorney, the presiding judge, based on the verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree returned by the jury at the trial at the 13 April 1971 Session, will pronounce judgment that the defendant be imprisoned for life in the State's prison for the crime of murder in the first degree, this sentence to commence at the expiration of the sentence to imprisonment for life imposed upon the defendant at the 13 April 1971 Session for the crime of kidnapping.
(2) The presiding judge of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County will issue a writ of habeas corpus to the official having custody of the defendant, Johnnie Frazier, to produce him in open court at the time and for the purpose of being present when the judgment imposing life imprisonment is pronounced.
The foregoing accords with our previous orders entered in the following cases: State v. Doss, 281 N.C. 751, 191 S.E.2d 70; State *35 v. Westbrook, 281 N.C. 748, 191 S.E.2d 68; State v. Chance, 281 N.C. 746, 191 S.E.2d 65; State v. Hamby and State v. Chandler, 281 N.C. 743, 191 S.E.2d 66; State v. Miller, 281 N.C. 740, 190 S.E.2d 841; State v. Childs, 280 N.C. 576, 187 S.E.2d 78; State v. Roseboro, 279 N.C. 391, 183 S.E.2d 108; State v. Sanders, 279 N.C. 389, 183 S.E.2d 107; State v. Williams, 279 N.C. 388, 183 S.E.2d 106; State v. Atkinson, 279 N.C. 386, 183 S.E.2d 106; State v. Atkinson, 279 N.C. 385; 183 S.E.2d 105; State v. Hill, 279 N.C. 371, 183 S.E.2d 97.
Nothing in this opinion shall be deemed to affect the sentences imposed upon this defendant by the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County at its 13 April 1971 Session for the crimes of robbery and kidnapping, hereinabove mentioned, the said sentences to remain in full force and effect, this Court having found no error therein. See State v. Frazier, supra.
Remanded for judgment.