State v. Bass

TYSON, Judge.

*756Justin Deandre Bass ("Defendant") appeals from his jury conviction of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. We find reversible errors in the trial and grant Defendant a new trial.

I. Background

A. Previous Altercation

1. Fogg's Version

Defendant and Jerome Fogg engaged in an altercation on the evening of 23 June 2014, at the Bay Tree Apartments in Raleigh, where Defendant lived with his mother. Fogg claimed Defendant had kept "running his mouth," looking at Fogg, who weighed 240 pounds at the time, and saying "that big s**t don't matter." According to Fogg,…