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State v. Mitchell, 240 N.C. App. 246 (Apr. 7, 2015)

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Criminal Offenses > Homicide > Premeditation & Deliberation

In this first-degree murder case there was sufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation. Among other things, the evidence showed a lack of provocation by the victim, that just prior to the shooting the defendant told others that he was going to shoot a man over a trivial matter, that the defendant shot the victim 3 times and that the victim may have been turning away from or trying to escape at the time.