State v. Massey

JACKSON, Judge.

On 31 August 2005, the Honorable Robert P. Johnston of the Mecklenburg County Superior Court entered a judgment upon a jury verdict finding Jarvis Deon Massey (“defendant”) guilty of assault on a female and habitual misdemeanor assault. Defendant filed timely notice of appeal.

On 21 January 2005, Sergeant Lawrence Williams of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department observed defendant driving a car in Charlotte, North Carolina. Taneisha Carroll (“Carroll”) sat next to defendant in the front passenger seat of the car while two small children, one of which was in a car seat,…