State v. Peralta

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA18-374 Filed: 5 November 2019 Durham County, Nos. 16 CRS 58002–03 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DARWIN JOSUE PERALTA Appeal by defendant from judgments entered 4 October 2017 by Judge Henry W. Hight, Jr., in Durham County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 13 March 2019. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Assistant Attorney General M. Elizabeth Guzman, for the State. Cooley Law Office, by Craig M. Cooley, for defendant-appellant. BRYANT, Judge. Where an expert witness did not impermissibly vouch for the credibility of another witness,…