STATE v. BLAKNEY

No. COA13-1088.

756 S.E.2d 844 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. Christopher Leon BLAKNEY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Special Deputy Attorney General James M. Stanley, Jr. , for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes , by Assistant Appellate Defender Kathleen M. Joyce , for defendant-appellant.


BRYANT, Judge.

Where the State presents sufficient evidence of each element of an offense, a motion to dismiss is properly denied. Where defendant can show no prejudice from irrelevant evidence admitted during an habitual felon proceeding, any error therefrom is harmless.

On 23 February 2011, Officer Neff of the Winston-Salem Police Department observed a car speeding and crossing the double-yellow center line while driving on Silas Creek Parkway around 10...

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