STATE v. SMITH

No. COA97-1112.

502 S.E.2d 390 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina v. Melvin Curtis SMITH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison and Simpson, P.A. by Fred W. Harrison, Kinston, for defendant-appellant.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Lawton, III, for the State.


TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Defendant Melvin Curtis Smith appeals his conviction of second degree murder on the grounds that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence of his guilt. Having reviewed defendant's arguments, we find no error.

The testimony of the State's witnesses tended to show that at approximately 8:00 p.m. on 12 September 1995, Paul Wilson (hereinafter "Wilson") hailed a cab in Kinston, North Carolina. Terrence Jones (hereinafter "Jones"...

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