Court Opinion

ID: 9583489
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:39:11.460248+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:02.884450
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Justice Frye
concurring.
I agree that defendant received a fair trial and capital sentencing proceeding, free of prejudicial error, and that defendant’s sentence of death is not disproportionate.
I agree with the majority that “in the case sub judice, regardless of whether Deputy West lawfully entered defendant’s home, Lieutenant Medlin’s eyewitness account of the events which transpired subsequent thereto is not barred by application of the exclusionary rule.” State v. Guevara, 349 N.C. 243, 250, 506 S.E.2d 711, 716 (1998). However, I also agree with the majority that “it is unnecessary for this Court to discuss the legality of Deputy West’s entry.” Id. Accordingly, I would neither discuss nor decide this issue.
Justice Whichard joins in this concurring opinion.