State v. Elliott

GREENE, Judge.

Michael Anthony Elliot (Defendant) appeals from a conviction of assault inflicting serious injury in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33(c). Defendant had been charged with assault on a female and assault inflicting serious injury.

On 17 July 1997, an altercation occurred between Defendant, his sister Linda Elliot Vereen (Vereen), and Vereen’s flaneé Wilbert Lee Jones, Jr. (Jones). Vereen testified the altercation started when Defendant began yelling at her and, in response, she retrieved a knife from her house. Upon her return, Defendant approached Vereen making disparaging…