STATE v. OAKES

No. COA11-418.

724 S.E.2d 132 (2012)

STATE of North Carolina v. Kinard Julius OAKES, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Linda Kimbell , for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes , by Assistant Appellate Defender David W. Andrews , for defendant-appellant.


GEER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his convictions of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury ("AWDWISI") and of attaining habitual felon status. Defendant primarily contends on appeal that the trial court committed plain error in admitting evidence that defendant had previously been in jail and that he associated with "drug boys." As defendant has not demonstrated that the jury probably would have reached a different verdict in the absence of that...

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