State v. Holliman

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

Shawn Kristopher Holliman (“defendant”) appeals from his conviction of first-degree murder. For the reasons discussed herein, we find no error by the trial court.

The State’s evidence at trial tended to show the following: On 14 December 1999, Natalie Ann Fox (“Fox”) returned to her apartment on Sykes Avenue which she shared with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Tanika Fox (“Tanika”). Upon arriving at her apartment, Fox found Tanika lying on the floor and called an emergency response unit. Officers from the Greensboro Police Department and paramedics responded to the…