STATE v. JAMES

No. COA12-540.

735 S.E.2d 627 (2012)

STATE of North Carolina v. Johnny Lee JAMES.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Kimberly A. D'Arruda , for the State.

Gilda C. Rodriguez for defendant-appellant.


BRYANT, Judge.

Where opinion testimony on the weight of a chair at the crime scene was likely helpful and did not impermissibly intrude upon the province of the jury, the trial court did not err in overruling defendant's objection. Also, where there was sufficient evidence to determine that the chair attained the character of a deadly weapon based upon the manner of its use, we find no error in the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of...

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