State v. Allen

McGEE, Judge.

Antione Denard Allen (defendant) was convicted of first-degree murder of Feliciano Noyola (Noyola). 1 At trial, the State’s evidence tended to show that on 27 January 1998, Marshall Gillespie (Gillespie) visited Stephon Hairston (Hairston) at Hairston’s home. Gillespie asked Hairston to help him rob “some Mexicans” living at 1231-B Gholson Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hairston agreed, retrieved his gun, and got into a vehicle with Gillespie. Steven Gaines (Gaines) and defendant were already in the vehicle. Defendant was armed with an assault rifle. The four men planned…