State v. Miles

McCullough, Judge.

On 16 March 2011, Keith Donnell Miles (“defendant”), was convicted of the first-degree murder of Jonathan Wayne Whitmore (“victim”) by a Wilkes County jury. The trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant now appeals. After a complete and careful review of the record, we find the trial court committed no error.

I. Facts and Procedural Background

On 14 September 2009, a Wilkes County grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant with the first-degree murder of the victim. This matter came to trial before a jury at the 7 March 2011…