State v. Venable

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA24-707 Filed 2 July 2025 Wake County, No. 21 CR 732612-910 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHN AKBAR VENABLE, Defendant. Appeal by Defendant from judgment entered 9 August 2023 by Judge G. Bryan Collins in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 8 April 2025. Attorney General Jeff Jackson, by Special Deputy Attorney General Kathryne E. Hathcock, for the State. Stephen G. Driggers for Defendant. GRIFFIN, Judge. Defendant John Akbar Venable appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of felony death…