STATE v. RANKIN

No. COA07-1386.

663 S.E.2d 438 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Fitzgerald RANKIN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Solicitor General Christopher G. Browning, Jr., for the State.

Parish & Cooke, by James R. Parish, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.


HUNTER, Judge.

John Fitzgerald Rankin ("defendant") appeals from judgments entered on 8 December 2006 pursuant to a jury verdict of guilty on charges of first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. After careful review, we find no error.

I.

The evidence offered at trial tended to show as follows: Defendant spent the weekend of 13 August 2004 with his cousin James Rankin ("Junior") and his son Cedric Hawkins. On Monday, 16 August 2004...

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