discussed Cited "see" State v. Aldridge See State v. Burke, 343 N.C. 129, 153 , 469 S.E.2d 901, 913 , cert. denied , 519 U.S. 1013 , 117 S.Ct. 522 , 136 L.Ed.2d 409 (1996)(holding that witness testimony that victim was "tense" and "scared of something" was admissible since it tended to show victim's state of mind at the time).

discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Loftin (2×) See, e.g., South Dakota v. Rhines, 548 N.W. 2d 415, 455-56 (S.D.), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1013 , 117 S.Ct. 522 , 136 L.Ed. 2d 410 (1996) (finding that "`[b]ecause the aim of proportionality review is to ascertain what other capital sentencing authorities have done with similar capital murder offenses, the only cases that could be deemed similar ... are those in which imposition of the death penalty was properly before the sentencing authority for determination' ") (quoting Tichnell v. Maryland, 297 Md. 432 , 468 A. 2d 1, 15-16 (Md.1983), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 993 , 104 S.Ct. 2374 , 80 L.Ed. 2…