Legal Opinion

State v. Lowry

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided August 4, 2009No. COA08-845PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Donald Carlton Lowry timely appealed his convictions of first degree murder and larceny of a motor vehicle. In his brief on appeal, however, defendant argues only that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the first degree murder charge. Because, when all inferences are drawn in favor of the State, the State presented sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that defendant killed the victim during the course of and in furtherance of a robbery, we find no error.

Facts

On 22 August 2007, a jury convicted defendant of first degree…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  2. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  3. State v. CutlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  4. State v. GibbsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State v. RowlandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. CurryCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  2. State v. MilesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012
  3. State v. FisherCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013
  4. State v. PatelCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011
  5. State v. RollinsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012

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