Facts of the Crime:
Defendant was tried capitally upon an indictment charging him with first-degree murder in the murder of Edward Maurice Wilson, as committed on February 9, 1993. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the theories of premeditation and deliberation and lying in wait. Following a separate capital sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. [section] 15A- 2000, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death for the murder, and the trial court entered a death sentence in accord with that recommendation.
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