State v. Hill

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant James Samuel Hill, Jr. was indicted for felonious possession of a dangerous weapon by a prisoner, communicating threats, carrying a concealed weapon, willful and wanton injury to personal property, willful and wanton injury to real property, and of being a habitual felon. The evidence presented at trial tended to show that, just before 11:00 a.m. on 16 July 2011, Deputy Sheriff Johnny Stiles, Deputy Sheriff Linda Anne Rogers, and a third deputy sheriff began to conduct routine cell searches in the “older section” of the Catawba County Detention Facility (“the…