Legal Opinion

State v. Ervin

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided May 2, 2017No. COA16-1126Published

1Opinion of the Court

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

Christopher Antonio Ervin, Jr. ("Defendant") appeals jury verdicts convicting him of felonious breaking or entering and being a habitual felon. On appeal, Defendant asserts the following: (1) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to file an affidavit with Defendant's motion to suppress; (2) the victim's testimony about anxiety, trauma, and fear from the intrusion was irrelevant and plain error; (3) the victim's testimony about Defendant's mother paying for damage to the victim's back door was irrelevant hearsay testimony and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. OdomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  2. State v. FairSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2001
  3. State v. JordanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  4. State v. McKinnonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  5. State v. RichmondSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998

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