State v. Thomas

MARTIN, Judge.

Albert Thomas, Jr., (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon his convictions by a jury of assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, felonious breaking or entering, and being an habitual felon. We conclude there was no prejudicial error in defendant’s trial.

The State’s evidence tended to establish the following facts. On 17 August 2000, Thomas Dufford was in New York, away from his home in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Dufford’s neighbor, Harvey Meadows, was in charge of watching over the Dufford house. Meadows, who lived behind Dufford, testified that he…