Legal Opinion

State v. Hairston

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided October 16, 2018No. COA17-1357Published

1Opinion of the Court

INMAN, Judge.

*591 *106 Defendant Craig Deonte Hairston ("Defendant") appeals from two judgments following a jury verdict finding him guilty of conspiring to commit robbery with a firearm and first-degree murder under the felony murder rule. He argues that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court erred in admitting testimony about Defendant's use of a firearm in a prior incident and because the trial court erred in permitting a ballistics expert to give an unqualified opinion linking spent shell casings to a single firearm allegedly possessed by Defendant. Because Defendant failed to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. State v. McGradySupreme Court of North Carolina · 2016
  3. State v. ThibodeauxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
  4. State v. BarberCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001
  5. State v. RaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 2010

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