State v. Ferebee

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals a judgment entered upon conviction by a jury of “stalking,” in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-277.3(a) (1993) (amended 1997). In pertinent part defendant contends the trial court erred in charging the jury. We remand for a new trial.

The State’s evidence at trial tended to show the following: Andrea Hedrick (Hedrick) moved to New Bern in April 1995 and began attending Centenary Methodist Church (the church). Hedrick met defendant one Sunday in church and the two had a “very basic” conversation. The following Sunday defendant approached Hedrick and told her she was…