State v. Hayes

STEELMAN, Judge.

Evidence of defendant’s prior conduct was properly admitted by the trial court pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8C-1, Rule 404(b). The failure of the trial court to give multiple corrective instructions to the jury concerning the availability of a trial transcript did not constitute plain error.

On 6 March 2004, Mickey Joe Hayes (“defendant”) went to Josh Hazelwood’s (“Hazelwood”) apartment in Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, and picked up Hazelwood and Ryan Presslar (“Presslar”). Upon entering defendant’s car, Presslar and Hazelwood observed a plastic bag…