State v. Hooks

TYSON, Judge.

*436 Matthew Ray Hooks ("Defendant") appeals from judgment after a jury convicted him of (1) misdemeanor child abuse; (2) manufacturing methamphetamine; (3) trafficking in methamphetamine; and, (4) thirty-five counts of possession of an immediate methamphetamine precursor. We find no error in Defendant's conviction or the judgment entered thereon.

I. Factual Background

Defendant, his girlfriend, Brandi Moss ("Moss"), and their eight-year-old son rented a mobile home from Sue Drye ("Ms. Drye"), Moss's mother, located in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. They were evicted for…