State v. Brown

TYSON, Judge.

Dontae Lamar Brown ("Defendant") appeals from a jury's verdict finding him guilty of common law robbery. We find no error.

I. Background

Defendant entered a Charlotte-area 7-Eleven on 18 June 2016. The owner, Navneet Chhina, was working, along with two other employees, Kimberly Montecino and Raphael Onadikondo. Mr. Chhina testified he was inside the beer cooler when he saw Defendant take a 40-ounce beer out of the cooler and place it "inside his pants." Surveillance video from the store shows Defendant and another man standing near the cooler, and the cooler door open for…