State v. Ramos

678 S.E.2d 224 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Geraldine Lewis RAMOS.

No. 535A08.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 18, 2009.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Catherine F. Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Peter Wood, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

HUDSON, Justice.

In this case, we consider whether the trial court prejudiced defendant Geraldine Lewis Ramos when it omitted the element of willfulness from jury instructions. Defendant was convicted of damaging a computer system at her workplace in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-455, after being fired from her position at the…