STATE v. BORDERS

No. COA13-1208.

762 S.E.2d 490 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina, Plaintiff v. Donald Eugene BORDERS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Mary Carla Hollis , for the State.

Rudolf Widenhouse & Fialko, by M. Gordon Widenhouse Jr. , Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellant.


HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N., Judge.

Donald Eugene Borders ("Defendant") appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of raping and murdering Margaret Tessneer ("Ms. Tessneer"). Defendant argues (i) that the trial court erred by admitting DNA evidence obtained by officers after effectuating an arrest based on an unrelated warrant at his domicile; (ii) that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a change of venue because pretrial publicity made it impossible to...

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