State of North Carolina v. Francisco Edgar Tirado State of North Carolina v. Eric Devon Queen

Summary

The court upheld the convictions and sentences of Eric Devon Queen, rejecting challenges concerning joinder, jury selection, jury randomness, jury excusal, jury instructions, conspiracy multiplicity, double jeopardy, discovery, and capital sentencing. It held that Francisco Edgar Tirado received a fair guilt-innocence trial but that the trial court violated the statutory timing requirement for polling the sentencing jury after the jury was exposed to additional evidence, requiring a new capital sentencing proceeding. The court found no other prejudicial error.