State v. Sullivan

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant Donald Sullivan appeals from a judgment entered upon his conviction by a jury of possessing a deadly weapon in a courthouse in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-269.4. We find no error.

On 13 May 2008, Cathy Dixon, a deputy clerk in Pender County, was in her office on the first floor of the main courthouse building when she saw defendant in the bookkeeping office across the hall and observed that he was wearing a gun. Ms. Dixon immediately contacted a bailiff to report her observations. Deputy Sheriff Hugh T. Frazier, who was on duty as a bailiff in Courtroom 2 in the…