STATE v. BUTLER

No. 823.

153 S.E.2d 70 (1967)

269 N.C. 483

STATE v. Wayne Edward BUTLER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Harrison Lewis Deputy Atty. Gen., Eugene A. Smith, Trial Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Kennieth S. Etheridge, Laurinburg, for defendant appellant.


PLESS, Justice:

The only witness to the shooting was the daughter of the deceased woman, Mrs. Diane Godwin. Since a number of exceptions are taken to her testimony we have summarized or quoted it rather fully. After testifying that when the defendant and Boots returned from the unsuccessful trip to get some money, Butler was mad, she then testified: "Ed was cussing at mama and calling her names. He called her a bitch and everything else; he said she didn't have guts...

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