State v. Medina
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
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…
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