State v. Boozer

STEPHENS, Judge.

I. Procedural Background

On 30 November 2009, the Wake County Grand Jury returned indictments against Defendants Brian Keith Boozer (“Boozer”) and Delshaun Darron Covington (“Covington”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and first-degree kidnapping. The cases were tried jointly at the 1 March 2010 criminal session of Wake County Superior Court. The jury found each Defendant guilty of assault inflicting serious injury, common law robbery, and first-degree kidnapping. The…