State v. Graham

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant Ronald Graham, Jr., appeals from judgments entered pursuant to convictions for first-degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury (AWDWIK-ISI) in Pasquotank County Superior Court. Defendant contends that the trial court erred when it: (1) submitted aggravating factors to the jury and imposed a greater than presumptive sentence upon the jury’s finding of one of the aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt] (2) admitted victim impact evidence at the guilt-innocence phase of the trial, specifically evidence of the…