State v. Mazur

INMAN, Judge.

Michael Stanley Mazur and Anne-Marie Mazur1 (collectively "Defendants") appeal from judgments following jury convictions for felony stalking. Defendants argue that the trial court erred by denying their motions to dismiss for insufficient evidence, and that the felony stalking statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.3A, is unconstitutional as applied to their actions because they were engaged in protected expression under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

This appeal arises from the culmination of vindictive neighborly behavior that spiraled out of control-beyond…