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STATE v. FAULKNER

No. COA06-7.

638 S.E.2d 18 (2006)

STATE of North Carolina v. Melvin Curtis FAULKNER, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Anne M. Middleton, for the State.

Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

The plain error rule applies when the appellate court is "convinced that absent the error the jury probably would have reached a different verdict."1 Here, Defendant argues that the admission of testimony from several witnesses was plain error. Because we find that the State's evidence as to Defendant's guilt was substantial enough that the testimony in question was not determinative of the jury's decision, we affirm Defendant...

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