State v. McGee

STEELMAN, Judge.

The State presented substantial evidence to support each of the charges of a conspiracy to commit malicious assault in a secret manner and accessory after the fact of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. The fact that the perpetrator of an offense pleads guilty to a lesser-included offense does not exculpate a defendant on a charge of accessory after the fact.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In the light most favorable to the State, the evidence presented tended to show that on 9 November 2006, a melee occurred in Winston-Salem, which…