STATE v. PETERSON

No. COA05-973.

634 S.E.2d 594 (2006)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Iver PETERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorneys General John G. Barnwell and William B. Crumpler, for the State.

Winston and Maher, by Thomas K. Maher, Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.

Smith Moore, L.L.P., by James G. Exum, Jr., Greensboro, and Law Offices of Kerstin Walker Sutton, P.L.L.C., by Kerstin Walker Sutton, Durham, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


ELMORE, Judge.

Michael Peterson (defendant) appeals from a judgment entered consistent with the jury's verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder. After a thorough review of the record, relevant law, and arguments of the parties, we hold that defendant received a trial free from prejudicial error; as such, we affirm the judgment against him.

Defendant argues that a warrant used to collect evidence from his...

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