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STATE v. CROSS

No. 26.

200 S.E.2d 27 (1973)

284 N.C. 174

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie Jonathan CROSS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Legal Aid Society of Forsyth County by Charles O. Peed, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first contends the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutrix to testify over objection that she became pregnant as the result of the rape. Defendant says this testimony was offered only to excite sympathy for the prosecutrix and to play upon the passions and prejudices of the jury.

Rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. State v. Primes, 275 N.C. 61,

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