State v. Valdez

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff,

v.

ERIC VALDEZ, Defendant.

No. COA08-820

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Filed May 5, 2009

This case not for publication

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Special Deputy Attorney General Mark A. Davis, for the State.

Paul F. Herzog, for defendant-appellant.

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments entered pursuant to jury verdicts finding him guilty of (1) first degree murder on the basis of malice, premeditation and deliberation and under the felongy murder rule; and (2) robbery with a dangerous weapon. Defendant contends that he is entitled to a new…