STATE v. SPENCER

No. 692SC535.

172 S.E.2d 280 (1970)

7 N.C. App. 282

STATE of North Carolina v. Allen SPENCER (68CR27), Alvin Spencer (68CR28), Henry Johnson, Jr. (68CR29), Preston Simmons (68CR128), Benjamin Phelps (68CR130), Samuel Bryant (68CR131).

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Staff Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Lanning, by James E. Ferguson, II, Charlotte, for defendant appellants.


GRAHAM, Judge.

G.S. § 20-174.1 makes it unlawful for any person to wilfully stand, sit, or lie upon a highway or street in such a manner as to impede the regular flow of traffic.

It is undisputed that the defendants impeded the flow of traffic along a public highway in the community of Swan Quarter on 11 November 1968 by walking slowly back and forth across the highway in such a manner as to cause traffic to be blocked in both directions for approximately...

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