State v. Burrell

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Anthony Dywone Burrell (“Anthony”) and Rodney Matthew Burrell (“Rodney”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal their convictions for first-degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that defendants received a trial free of prejudicial error.

The State’s evidence presented at trial tends to show the following: On the night of 10 April 2001, Hiroharu Okamoto (“Okamoto”) flew from New York to Greensboro, North Carolina, for a business meeting. Okamoto rented a vehicle and drove to the Park Lane Hotel, where he…