State v. Qualls

502 S.E.2d 31 (1998)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Sherald Bernie QUALLS.

No. COA97-702.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 1998.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Leonard McKay, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Assistant Appellant Defender Charlesena Elliott Walker, Durham, for defendant-appellant.

WALKER, Judge.

Defendant was charged with felonious child abuse and second degree murder following the death of his two-month-old son (the victim). The evidence presented at trial tended to show the victim was born on 29…