State v. Hunt

In State v. Hunt, 330 N.C. 425, 428, 410 S.E.2d 478, 481 (1991), the Supreme Court held there was sufficient evidence to support premeditation and deliberation, 330 N.C. at 429, 410 S.E.2d at 481. In Hunt, the defendant and the victim (the "deceased") were on a hill near a canal looking for an eight-ball of cocaine hidden near a tree. Id., 330 N.C. at 425-26, 410 S.E.2d at 479. After they were unable to locate the cocaine, the deceased became angry, called the defendant names and pushed him down the hill. Id. When the deceased started walking up the hill, the defendant took his pistol out of his pocket and shot the deceased three times. Id. There was evidence that the deceased's actions angered the defendant until "he formed the intention to kill the deceased and carried out this plan. The deceased was moving away from the defendant and there was sufficient time for the defendant to weigh the consequences of his act." Id., 330 N.C. at 429, 410 S.E.2d at 481.