State v. Morgan

TYSON, Judge.

Raeford Lee Morgan (“defendant Morgan”) and Daquann Curtis Brunson (“defendant Brunson”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from judgments entered after a jury found them to be guilty of two counts of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. We find no error at trial, but remand for clarification of defendant Brunson’s sentencing.

I. Background

James Brannon (“Mr. Brannon”) and Patsy Brannon (“Mrs. Brannon”) (collectively, “the victims”) were staying at the Extended Stay Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina on 25 November 2003. Sometime after 8:00…