STATE v. KELLY

No. COA12-49.

727 S.E.2d 912 (2012)

STATE of North Carolina v. Erica Denise KELLY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper by Assistant Attorney General LaToya B. Powell for the State.

Mary March Exum for defendant-appellant.


STEELMAN, Judge.

The State presented sufficient evidence to survive a motion to dismiss. We dismiss without prejudice defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. The trial court did not err in sentencing defendant. Appellate counsel exceeded the limits of zealous advocacy for her client.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On 6 April 2009, Erica Kelly (defendant) was indicted for first-degree murder and concealing the birth of a child...

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