State v. Mackey

STROUD, Judge.

*587Rashawn Mackey ("defendant") appeals from judgments entered on jury verdicts, in which the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Defendant contends that the trial court violated (1) his constitutional rights to an impartial jury and a fair trial; (2) his constitutional right to presence; and (3) N.C. Gen.Stat. § 15A-1234 (2013). We hold that the trial court committed no prejudicial error.

I. Background

On or about 13 January 2012, Mr. Anderson approached two female teenagers, Ms. Lewis and her friend, at a Charlotte bus…