STATE v. CHAPMAN

No. 7327SC651.

201 S.E.2d 579 (1974)

20 N.C. App. 456

STATE of North Carolina v. Roger Dale CHAPMAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. William B. Ray, Raleigh, for the State.

Thomas J. Wilson by John O. Lafferty, Jr., Lincolnton, for defendant.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court committed error in admitting into evidence the commitments for sentences imposed for convictions for prior escapes for the purpose of proving the prior convictions of defendant for escape.

The three copies of commitment orders offered by the State constituted the only evidence introduced for the purpose of showing the prior convictions for the offense of escape. The State has attempted to prove that...

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