State v. Lambert

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 7 June 2000, a jury found Patrick Lambert (“defendant”) guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Loretta Alexander (“Alexander”). Evidence presented by the State tended to show the following: On 1 July 1998, at approximately 10:30 p.m., defendant joined two men, Everette Watson (“Watson”) and Darnell Bethea (“Bethea”), near Canal Street in Fairmont, North Carolina. As the men stood together, Alexander approached Bethea and asked him for drugs. Bethea refused, but Alexander persisted, pulling on Bethea’s shirt and pleading with him to give her drugs. Annoyed…