State v. Castaneda

McGEE, Judge.

Mateo Felipe Castaneda (Defendant) was found guilty by a jury on 8 November 2007 of first-degree murder of Fabrico Leopoldo Orellana (Orellana). Defendant was convicted on the theory that he aided and abetted the actual shooter, Christian Pacheco-Torres (Torres). The trial court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant appeals.

The relevant evidence presented at trial tended to show that Orellana was shot and killed in front of the mailboxes outside his apartment in Winston-Salem at 7:00 p.m. on 12 August 2005. Orellana’s seven-year-old daughter, R.O.,…