STATE v. MASSEY

No. 255.

157 S.E.2d 150 (1967)

271 N.C. 555

STATE v. Charles MASSEY, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, by Asst. Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin and Staff Atty. T. Buie Costen, Raleigh, for the State.

T. O. Stennett, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


SHARP, Justice:

Both the State and defendant offered evidence. The State's evidence, considered in the light most favorable to it, shows the following facts: Gibbs Street in Charlotte is a 2-lane, 18-foot-wide roadway without curbing. On 26 October 1966, a few minutes before 7:00 p. m., defendant backed his 1959 red-and-white Ford out of a driveway between Persons and Oaklawn on Gibbs Street. He "took off * * * running about thirty miles per hour up the street" toward...

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