State v. Perkins

McGEE, Judge.

Artis Tamar Perkins (defendant) was indicted for the murder of Louis Santos on 23 October 2000. The evidence presented at trial tended to show the following. Tiyonia Miller (Miller) was walking to defendant’s apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina with her baby in her arms on 16 September 2000. As she walked up the steps of the apartment, Louis Santos (Santos) and Antwoin Watkins (Watkins) complimented Miller on her baby. Lushawna Jeffreys (Lushawna) was standing on the balcony above and said that the baby was ugly. Miller entered defendant’s apartment and told those in the…