State v. Brunson

ARROWOOD, Judge.

Defendant, Earl Lee Brunson, III, appeals from judgments entered on his convictions of first degree kidnapping, second degree rape, and assault by strangulation.. We find no error.

The Defendant was tried before a Wake County jury beginning 31 July 2006. The State’s evidence at trial tended to show, in pertinent part, the following: Heather Burns (“Bums”) testified that she was twenty years old and that she and the Defendant previously had a romantic relationship. Defendant was the father of Bums’ son, born in June 2004, and Burns and Defendant were still dating in February…