State v. Brichikov

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCCOA-33 No. COA20-660 Filed 18 January 2022 Wake County, No. 18 CRS 207577 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARK BRICHIKOV, Defendant. Appeal by Defendant from judgment entered 11 December 2019 by Judge Rebecca W. Holt in Wake County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 11 May 2021. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Special Deputy Attorney General Marc X. Sneed, for the State. M. Gordon Widenhouse, Jr., for defendant-appellant. MURPHY, Judge. ¶1 A defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on a lesser included offense when the evidence,…