State v. Twitty

STEPHENS, Judge.

Procedural and Factual History

On 29 June 2009, Defendant David O’Neal Twitty1 was indicted for obtaining property by false pretense and having attained the status of habitual felon. On 20 July 2009, Defendant, acting pro se, moved for a “speedy trial.” A superseding indictment was returned on 4 January 2010 for the same charge.

The evidence at trial tended to show the following: On 22 February 2009, Defendant presented himself and a man he claimed was his son to the congregation of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Alamance County. He claimed that his wife had died in a car accident…