State v. Garcia

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Victor Alfonso Cruz Garcia appeals from his conviction of second degree murder. On appeal, defendant primarily argues that the trial court, when admitting the transcript of defendant’s interrogation, should have excluded certain statements made by the interrogating detective because, defendant contends, those statements were irrelevant and constituted an improper comment on the credibility of defendant and of the State’s witnesses. We hold that the detective’s interrogation statements were properly admitted under State v. Miller, 197 N.C. App. 78, 676 S.E.2d 546 (2009),…