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STATE v. HOOKER

No. 724.

90 S.E.2d 690 (1956)

243 N.C. 429

STATE v. Willie Garfield HOOKER, Charlie Holden, and John Edward Williams.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings G. King, Laurinburg, for defendant Hooker, appellant.

Wm. R. Rodman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

WINBORNE, Justice.

In apt time defendant, appellant, in writing requested the trial court to give these special instructions:

"1. In North Carolina, a defendant may be convicted upon the unsupported testimony of an accomplice, if the jury is satisfied from such testimony and beyond a reasonable doubt of his guilt; and, in this case, the witnesses Purcell and Williams are which is known in law as accomplices; and their testimony as to the guilt of the defendant...

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