State v. TESSNEAR

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

CHRISTOPHER ALAN TESSNEAR.

No. COA08-256

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Filed October 21, 2008

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Mark A. Davis, for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate Defender Anne M. Gomez, for defendant-appellant.

CALABRIA, Judge.

Christopher Alan Tessnear ("defendant") appeals a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree murder. We find no error.

The State presented evidence that on 17 July 2006, defendant confronted his wife,…