Eric Scott Gladden (defendant) was convicted of first degree murder and now appeals the judgment entered against him. Defendant and William Kenneth Smith, Jr. (the victim) worked the same shift at the Great Lakes Carbon Plant in Morganton, North Carolina. The State's evidence tended to show that during his shift on the morning of 1 September 2000, the victim told Derrick Caldwell, a co-worker, that "I'm leaving...
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