State v. Walker

STEELMAN, Judge.

Each of the defendants were indicted on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The cases were joined for trial pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-926.

The evidence at trial tended to show that in the early morning hours of 7 April 2002, defendants Walker, Browning, and Hernandez, together with Justo Aguillon, robbed a bar and nightclub in Beaufort County known as “Desperado’s.” Both Browning and Aguillon had previously worked as bouncers at the bar before being fired. At the time of the robbery, Hernandez worked at…