State v. Mitchell

671 S.E.2d 340 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Jamie Antwon MITCHELL.

No. COA08-666.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 6, 2009.

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Special Deputy Attorney General Lars F. Nance, for the State.

Paul F. Herzog, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where defendant has not demonstrated prejudice from the trial court's refusal to postpone the trial, or that the admission of evidence was plain error, a new trial is not warranted. Where the prosecutor's closing argument was proper, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to…