State v. James

JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder resulting from the death of Shawn Ford on 27 May 1989. The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows: a high school graduation party attended by several hundred people was in progress at a club called' “B. J.’s” on East Market Street in Greensboro in the early morning hours of 27 May 1989. Defendant arrived at B. J.’s with Michael Hammonds and Kenneth Tisdale sometime after midnight.

Defendant testified as follows: Jimmy Allred was standing near a van and kept staring at him. Allred said something to defendant; Allred was…