State v. Gordon

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant Carlos Jerome Gordon appeals his conviction of common law robbery and assault on a female. We find no error.

The evidence at trial tended to show that on or about 18 July 2009 in mid-afternoon, Patricia Jackson was in the Mooresville Wal-Mart parking lot, loading groceries into her vehicle. Ms. Jackson — who was sixty-five years old at the time of trial — had parked her car “in one of the furtherest [sic] rows out” in an effort to “get her exercise.” Ms. Jackson was carrying her purse with its strap across her chest and over her opposite shoulder. Ms. Jackson…