STATE v. MERRITT

No. 295.

94 S.E.2d 825 (1956)

244 N.C. 687

STATE v. Burl MERRITT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Aycock, Kinston, for defendant appellant.

George B. Patton, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


RODMAN, Justice.

The assignments of error relate to the testimony of the jailer of Lenoir County. Defendant was arrested about 4:00 p. m. Pie testified that he was not intoxicated, had had only one glass of wine during the afternoon before his arrest, and that he was released from jail about 7:30 p. m. He contended that if he had been intoxicated as testified by the arresting and other officers, he would not have been released in such a short time. The State, to rebut...

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