The court found no error in the trial of Ted Anthony Prevatte, who was convicted in the execution-style slaying of Cynthia Bacon McIntyre, who lived across the street from Prevatte.
Authorities said McIntyre was trying to end a year-long relationship with Prevatte and reunite with her estranged husband. The trial was held in neighboring Stanly County.
It was Prevatte's second trial in the slaying. In 1997, the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for him after determining the judge in his 1995 trial was wrong not to allow a specific line of questioning.
Prevatte was previously on Georgia's death row for the 1974 slaying of an assistant principal, but was placed on parole after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty. Capital punishment was later reinstated.
Prosecutors said McIntyre, her hands bound, was shot three times as she tried to run away from Prevatte.
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