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STATE v. POPE

No. 7420SC879.

211 S.E.2d 841 (1975)

24 N.C. App. 644

STATE of North Carolina v. Elvin Claude POPE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seawell, Pollock, Fullenwider, Van Camp & Robbins by Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Keith L. Jarvis, Raleigh, for the State.

BROCK, Chief Judge.

In his sole assignment of error, defendant asserts that the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed the State to impeach its own witness, Richie Nelson Pope, by introducing evidence of prior in-consistent statements made by him.

In State v. Tilley, 239 N.C. 245, 79 S.E.2d 473 (1954), Justice Ervin acknowledged that the rule prohibiting a party from impeaching...

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