State v. Bowens

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v.

BRYANT LAMONT BOWENS

No. COA05-828

North Carolina Court of Appeals

Filed February 7, 2006

This case not for publication

Guilford County Nos. 03 CRS 30811, 24198, 03 CRS 24196.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General John G. Barnwell, for the State.

Kathryn L. Vanden Berg for defendant-appellant.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

A jury found Bryant Lamont Bowens ("defendant") guilty of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Upon his admission to habitual felon status, the trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment for the murder…