State v. Legins

JACKSON, Judge.

On 2 July 2005, Tamon Jacoby Legins (“defendant”) entered the Wilco Hess convenience store in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The store’s two clerks working at the time were Keith Deberry (“Deberry”) and Wayne Wagoner (“Wagoner”). Upon entering the store, defendant went into the store’s bathroom and proceeded to smoke crack. After a few minutes, defendant exited the bathroom carrying a steak knife in his hand. He walked towards the counter where Deberry was working on one of the store’s two cash registers. Defendant then stepped into the area behind the store’s counter and…