Legal Opinion

State v. Medina

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 6, 2005No. COA05-216PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, Judge.

Jhalmar Emmanuel Medina (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered after a jury found him to be guilty of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. We find no error.

I. Background

The State’s evidence tended to show that fifteen-year-old Omega Daniel Graham Morris (“Morris”) was walking his girlfriend, fourteen-year-old Emily Stitt (“Stitt”), toward home late in the evening on 10 March 2003 when Morris was shot eight times and killed.' Stitt was shot in the face and in the back but survived her injuries.

A. Stitt

Stitt testified that during their walk toward home, two…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. State v. CovingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  5. Schaffer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. HairstonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008

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