Supreme Court of North Carolina June 2, 1988, 470A87 (State v. Torres)

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried upon a proper bill of indictment charging him with first-degree murder. A jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree murder, and the trial court entered judgment sentencing the defendant to life imprisonment. The defendant appealed to this Court pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(a).