STATE v. CASTANEDA

No. COA08-790.

674 S.E.2d 707 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. Mateo Felipe CASTANEDA.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Norma S. Harrell, for the State.

Glover & Petersen, P.A., by Ann B. Petersen, Chapel Hill, for Defendant-Appellant.


McGEE, Judge.

Mateo Felipe Castaneda (Defendant) was found guilty by a jury on 8 November 2007 of first-degree murder of Fabrico Leopoldo Orellana (Orellana). Defendant was convicted on the theory that he aided and abetted the actual shooter, Christian Pacheco-Torres (Torres). The trial court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant appeals.

The relevant evidence presented at trial tended to show that Orellana was shot and killed...

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