Motion by Attorney General to dismiss defendant’s petition denied 5 November 1998. Defendant’s petition for writ of certiorari is allowed 5 November 1998 for the limited purpose of entering the following order. The parties shall file written briefs with the Court on the following issue: Does N.C.G.S. § 15A-1415(f) apply to defendants who have been convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death who had a post-conviction motion for appropriate relief denied prior to 21 June 1996, the effective date of the statute?
State v. Basden, 349 N.C. 365 (1998)
1998
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
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No. 159A93-3
349 N.C. 365
STATE v. BASDEN
No. 159A93-3
Case below: Duplin County Superior Court