State v. Johnson

TYSON, Judge.

Markcus Johnson ("Defendant") appeals from judgments entered after a jury found him to be guilty of first-degree murder and of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. We find no error in the jury's verdicts or in the judgments entered thereon.

I. Background

The State's evidence tended to show on 7 January 2008 at around 11:00 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Jerry Silcox responded to a call at an apartment complex on Farm Pond Lane in Charlotte. Upon arrival, he discovered "medics" attending to Julio Paniagua. Paniagua was lying on the roadway, bleeding from the…