State v. Pugh

WELLS, Judge.

In this case the defendant was charged and convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury upon Mary Bond Craig, in violation of G.S. 14-32(b). The State’s evidence tended to show that at about 5:00 p.m. on 25 December 1978 the victim, Mary Bond Craig, drove to Leroy Speller’s house to take Mr. Speller to a Christmas dinner. At the time she called on Mr. Speller, defendant was present in the house and said, “Leroy ain’t going nowhere [sic].” Defendant stated, “Okay, let’s get it on,” and stabbed Mrs. Craig with a butcher knife in her…