STATE v. TRIPLETT

No. COA13-1289.

762 S.E.2d 632 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Douglas TRIPLETT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Special Deputy Attorney General John H. Watters , for the State.

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


McCULLOUGH, Judge.

James Douglas Triplett ("defendant") appeals from the judgment entered upon his conviction for first degree felony murder. For the following reasons, we grant a new trial.

I. Background

On 19 April 2010, a Wilkes County Grand Jury indicted defendant on charges of first degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and first degree burglary. Following various pretrial motions by defendant, defendant's case came on for jury...

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