STATE v. NOELL

No. 10.

202 S.E.2d 750 (1974)

284 N.C. 670

STATE of North Carolina v. Tommy NOELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Asst. Atty. Gen., John R. B. Matthis, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert Epting, Chapel Hill, for defendant appellant.

David E. Kendall, New York City, for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.


MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the action of the trial court in excusing for cause three prospective jurors: Mr. Alston, Dorothy Stone, and Katherine Alston.

During the selection of the jury, several veniremen stated that they knew defendant and his family. The solicitor asked one of them, Mr. Alston, about the extent of his acquaintance with defendant. Mr. Alston replied, "Acquainted with the wole family." The solicitor then asked, "Well...

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