State v. Perry
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Judge.
Defendant Johnathan Blake Perry appeals from a judgment sentencing him to a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole based upon his conviction for first degree murder. On appeal, Defendant argues that the trial court committed plain error by allowing the State’s expert witnesses to express opinions to the effect that the injuries sustained by the alleged victim, J.W.,1 had been intentionally inflicted on the grounds that this testimony was “not sufficiently reliable”; that the trial court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the charge against him for lack of…
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