dissenting as to sentence.
For the reasons expressed in the Chief Justice’s dissenting opinion in State v. McKoy, 323 N.C. 1, 372 S.E. 2d 12 (1988), which I joined, I believe the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. ---, 100 L.Ed. 2d 384 (1988), requires that defendant be given a new sentencing hearing. Accordingly, I dissent from that portion of the Court’s opinion which rejects defendant’s argument based upon the holding of Mills. I concur in the remainder of the Court’s opinion.
Chief Justice EXUM joins in this dissenting opinion.