State v. Goins

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA19-288 Filed: 4 February 2020 Cabarrus County, No. 17 CRS 052061-63, 18 CRS 000550 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, v. BRANDON SCOTT GOINS, Defendant. Appeal by Defendant from judgments entered 21 September 2018 by Judge Christopher W. Bragg in Cabarrus County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 5 December 2019. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Assistant Attorney General Catherine F. Jordan, for the State. Joseph P. Lattimore for defendant-appellant. MURPHY, Judge. Criminal defendants have an absolute constitutional right to plead not…