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STATE v. SMITH

No. 6920SC451.

174 S.E.2d 651 (1970)

STATE of North Carolina v. Charles R. SMITH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., by Dale Shepherd, Raleigh, Staff Atty., for the State.

Norman T. Gibson, Webb, Lee, Davis & Sharpe, Rockingham, for defendant appellee.

HEDRICK, Judge.

On 22 May 1967, the body of James Melton was discovered on an isolated road several miles north of Rockingham, North Carolina. Mr. Melton, a Rockingham taxi driver, had been shot four times with a .32 caliber automatic pistol. Mr. Melton's 1961 model taxicab and some money were missing. The investigation of the murder revealed that Charles R. Smith, a resident of Richmond County, had been seen with the victim earlier in the day and that he was the...

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