State v. Rollins

CALABRIA, Judge.

Mickey Vonrice Rollins (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, and felony breaking and entering. We find no error.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 11 June 2002, eighty-eight-year-old Harriet Brown Roberson Highsmith (“Highsmith”) was discovered dead in her home in Robersonville, North Carolina. Highsmith’s front door was found ajar, with her keys still in the lock. She had been stabbed twelve times in her neck, chest and stomach. The stab wounds had a blunt edge…