State v. Rice

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

MARKESE DONNELL RICE, Defendant.

No. COA09-1099.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed April 20, 2010.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Charles E. Reece, for the State.

Geoffrey W. Hosford for defendant-appellant.

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

ROBERT C. HUNTER, Judge.

Defendant Markese Donnell Rice appeals his first degree murder conviction, primarily arguing that the trial court erred in admitting a statement by the victim, Richard Deas, that defendant had threatened to kill him. We conclude, however, that Mr. Deas' statement was properly admitted as an…