State v. Taylor

TYSON, Judge.

Matthew Lawrence Taylor (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered after a jury found him to be guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, and robbery with a dangerous weapon of Sean Owens (“the victim”). We find no prejudicial error.

I. Background

The victim, age twenty-three, lived with his mother, stepfather, and sister in Franklinton. The victim’s sister, Tiffany McFalls (“McFalls”) testified the victim was an openly homosexual male. On 17 February 2004, the victim walked into the kitchen, where McFalls was washing dishes, and told her he was going to Durham to…