State v. Lee

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA19-950 Filed: 7 July 2020 Lenoir County, No. 16 CRS 51778 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DAVID BRANDON LEE Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 30 November 2018 by Judge William W. Bland in Lenoir County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 31 March 2020. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Special Deputy Attorney General K.D. Sturgis, for the State. Law Office of Lisa Miles, by Lisa Miles, for defendant. DIETZ, Judge. Defendant David Brandon Lee confessed to killing his aunt. On appeal from his first degree murder conviction, Lee…