State v. Hammonds

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Christopher Bernard Hammonds appeals from his convictions of felonious larceny of a firearm, misdemeanor larceny, assault on a government officer, and resisting an officer. On appeal, defendant primarily challenges the trial court’s refusal to allow defendant, after the jury was impanelled, to exercise a remaining peremptory challenge to excuse a juror who acknowledged having lunch with a friend who was a lawyer in the district attorney’s office. State v. Holden, 346 N.C. 404, 488 S.E.2d 514 (1997), and State v. Thomas, 195 N.C. App. 593, 673 S.E.2d 372, disc. review…