State v. Lea

EAGLES, Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, we review each defendant’s appeal individually and we address separately the issues raised.

I. Defendant Lea

A

Defendant Lea first argues that the offense of “attempted first degree felony murder” cannot exist under the law of this State. We hold that defendant Lea lacks standing to raise this issue because he was not convicted of “attempted first degree felony murder.” State v. Bynum, 282 N.C. 552, 558, 193 S.E.2d 725, 729, cert. denied, 414 U.S. 869, 38 L. Ed. 2d 116 (1973). Defendant Colon is the only party here who was convicted at trial of…