State v. James

STROUD, Judge.

Najee James (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered on 11 January 2012. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charges against him because there was insufficient evidence that he acted in concert with Ray Stimpson, defendant’s cousin, to commit armed robbery and kidnapping, as well as insufficient evidence as to one of the counts of armed robbery. Defendant further argues that the trial court erred in not dismissing a juror who made an inappropriate remark during deliberations and in not making findings as to a proposed mitigating factor.…