State v. Young
Supreme Court of North Carolina
325 S.E.2d 181 (1985)
Relevant factsFree
Young (defendant) planned with two accomplices to rob and kill a man named Cooke to fund liquor purchases. Young stabbed Cooke after luring him to the door, then directed an accomplice to keep stabbing Cooke until he died. The group then ransacked Cooke's house. Young was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and other felonies, sentenced to death, and appealed.
IssueFree
Whether a death sentence for capital murder is proportionate when comparable capital cases in the same jurisdiction, involving worse conduct, did not result in a death sentence.