STATE v. OAKES

No. COA09-1280.

703 S.E.2d 476 (2011)

STATE of North Carolina v. Eric Alan OAKES.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III , by Special Deputy Attorney General Diane A. Reeves , for the State.

Sue Genrich Berry , Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


JACKSON, Judge.

Eric Alan Oakes ("defendant") appeals from the 26 August 2008 judgment entered upon a jury's verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Correction. For the reasons set forth below, we hold no error.

On or about 6 July 2002, defendant and Joey Forehand ("Forehand"), defendant's friend from...

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