State v. Mewborn

McGEE, Judge.

Jeffrey Devon Mewborn (Defendant) was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on 19 August 2008. Defendant was sentenced to consecutive active sentences of forty-five days for carrying a concealed weapon, five to six months for possession of cocaine, and sixteen to twenty months for possession of a firearm by a felon. Defendant appeals.

Officers Williford Jones, 1 Keith Goyette, and Howard King of the Kinston Police Department were patrolling a high crime neighborhood in Kinston in a marked…