State v. Jones

McGEE, Chief Judge.

I. Background

George Washington Jones ("Defendant") approached the Stewart & Perina convenience store ("the store") in Charlotte, North Carolina on 17 September 2014 in order to talk to his landlord, Roger Lee Stewart ("Mr. Stewart"). When Defendant left the store, he had an altercation with James Willie Kee ("Mr. Kee"). Mr. Kee testified at trial that after he and Defendant exchanged words outside the store, Defendant approached him with a six-foot-long metal pipe and began swinging it at him. Mr. Kee held up a metal folding chair to defend himself, but one of Defendant's…