Legal Opinion

State v. McLean

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided July 6, 2010No. COA09-1602PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEELMAN, Judge.

The trial court’s admission of testimony into evidence that linked defendant’s name to a photograph in the Sanford Police Department photo database did not constitute error, much less plain error. It was not error for the trial court to instruct the jury on how to consider expert testimony based upon the testimony of Special Agent West.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 9 May 2006, Deputy Frank McDaniel (McDaniel) was working undercover with the City-County Drug Unit of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. On that day, McDaniel made a street-level drug buy at 106 Pearl Street…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. OdomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  2. United States v. Milton L. McCaskillCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. William WeilandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Frank Grady and John JankowskiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  5. State v. RichSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. HardyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015
  2. State v. GudacCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2014

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