State v. Epps

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

VARSIE EPPS

No. COA07-1234

North Carolina Court of Appeals

Filed June 3, 2008

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General LaToya B. Powell, for the State.

Peter Wood for Defendant.

McGEE, Judge.

The State's evidence at trial tended to show that Carolyn Epps (Ms. Epps) and Varsie Epps (Defendant) had been married for thirty-seven years. Ms. Epps previously had obtained a domestic violence protection order against Defendant.

Ms. Epps testified that on the afternoon of 23 January 2005, she left her house to purchase pet food. When Ms.…