State v. Holt

WHICHARD, Justice.

In a noncapital trial, defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of Olin Brown and sentenced to life imprisonment. Trial counsel failed to perfect the appeal in a timely manner. On 4 May 1995 this Court allowed defendant’s petition for a writ of certiorari and *397appointed Wallace C. Harrelson, Public Defender of Guilford County, as counsel on appeal. We now find no error in the trial.

The State’s evidence, in pertinent summary, showed the following:

Several witnesses observed a confrontation between defendant and the victim, Olin Brown, which involved an exchange of…