STATE v. COLE

No. 259.

154 S.E.2d 506 (1967)

270 N.C. 382

STATE v. Dallas COLE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nivens & Brown, by W. B. Nivens, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Wilson B. Partin, Jr., Staff Atty., for the State.


PLESS, Justice.

The defendant assigns a number of errors, one group of which is to testimony regarding the cause of death, the remainder constituting exceptions to the charge. Dr. W. M. Summerville, County Coroner, and an admitted medical expert, testified: "I performed a complete autopsy on the deceased to determine the cause of his death. I cut into the chest and then into the abdomen and removed all organs—for examination * * * there was a long incision...

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