State v. Friend

DIETZ, Judge.

*517 Defendant Charles Adam Friend appeals his conviction and sentence for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and first degree burglary.

As explained below, Friend concedes that his challenge to the admission of his videotaped interrogation must be reviewed for plain error. Under that narrow standard of review, Friend has not shown that "absent the error, the jury probably would have returned a different verdict." State v. Lawrence , 365 N.C. 506 , 519, 723 S.E.2d 326 , 335 (2012).

We dismiss Friend's corresponding claim for ineffective assistance of counsel because…