STATE v. McCLAIN

No. 438.

81 S.E.2d 364 (1954)

240 N.C. 171

STATE v. McCLAIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 28, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

W. Brantley Womble, Raleigh, J. Allen Harrington, and McDermott & Cameron, Sanford, for defendant.


ERVIN, Justice.

The defendant emphasizes the assignment of error based on the admission of the testimony indicating that she committed another distinct crime, to-wit, larceny, several hours after her last assignation with the State's witness Bolling.

The general rule is that in a prosecution for a particular crime, the State cannot offer evidence tending to show that the accused has committed another distinct, indepedent, or separate offense. State v. Fowler...

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