Legal Opinion
State v. Herrera
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 3, 2009No. COA08-491PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.
Franklin Herrera (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered 19 October 2007 pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. After careful review, we find no error.
I. Background
The State presented evidence tending to show that on 29 August 2004, Durham police officers were dispatched to the Palm Park Apartments in Durham, North Carolina, where they discovered the body of Chandá Mwicigi (“the victim”) on the sidewalk. The victim was wearing no shoes, her pants were around her ankles,…
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