State v. McDowell

ERVIN, Judge.

Defendant Freddie Lawrence McDowell, Jr., appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Correction based upon his conviction for first degree murder. On appeal, Defendant contends that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury concerning the issue of diminished capacity, admitting testimony concerning a hair allegedly observed by law enforcement officers in the cabin in which the alleged murder occurred, and allowing an agent of the State Bureau of Investigation to…