State v. Lippard

McCullough, Judge.

Defendant Christopher Lippard was tried before a jury at the 21 July 2000 Criminal Session of Haywood County Criminal Superior Court after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. Evidence for the State showed defendant met Chad Watt in mid-September 1999. On the morning of 29 September, defendant and Watt had been drinking and looking for marijuana. Defendant and Watt went to Mark Stout’s house and picked up Stout and his friend, Charles Roache. While defendant was driving Watts’ car, he ran over something and punctured…