STATE v. PETERSON

No. 7428SC592.

210 S.E.2d 883 (1975)

24 N.C. App. 404

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert Marvin PETERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. James H. Carson, Jr. by Associate Atty. Sammy R. Kirby and Asst. Atty. Gen. Raymond W. Dew, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Peter L. Roda, Public Defender, Asheville, for defendant appellant.


PARKER, Judge.

The letter which defendant admitted writing to Moore's wife was clearly relevant to show malice of defendant toward Moore and was thus relevant to prove one of the essential elements of the offense with which defendant was charged. There was no error in allowing it to be introduced into evidence.

In support of his defense that he was unconscious at the time of the shooting, defendant called as a witness Dr. William C. Matthews, a clinical psychologist...

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