State v. Crandell

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where the State introduced substantial evidence that defendant fired the shot that killed Derek Morris and that defendant acted with malice, premeditation and deliberation, the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge of first-degree murder. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing Detective Rothrock to give lay opinion testimony pursuant to Rule 701 of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence concerning the calibers of bullets recovered at the crime scene. The trial court did not commit plain error in allowing Special Agent Tanner to…