STATE v. MENDOZA

No. COA09-327.

698 S.E.2d 170 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina v. Manuel MENDOZA, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Angel E. Gray, for the State.

Leslie C. Rawls, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


GEER, Judge.

Defendant Manuel Mendoza appeals from the judgment convicting him of trafficking in cocaine by possession and trafficking in cocaine by transportation. Defendant contends that the trial court erred, at various points throughout the trial, in permitting the State to introduce evidence about defendant's silence both before and after he was arrested. Because defendant did not object to any of this testimony at trial, the plain error doctrine applies.

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