State v. James

BRYANT, Judge.

Where opinion testimony on the weight of a chair at the crime scene was likely helpful and did not impermissibly intrude upon the province of the jury, the trial court did not err in overruling defendant’s objection. Also, where there was sufficient evidence to determine that the chair attained the character of a deadly weapon based *165upon the manner of its use, we find no error in the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge of assault with a deadly weapon on a government official.

On 28 August 2010, Deputy Matthew Causey of the Rowan County Sheriff’s…