STATE v. POPE

No. 117.

215 S.E.2d 139 (1975)

STATE of North Carolina v. Elvin Claude POPE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., George W. Boylan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

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


SHARP, Chief Justice.

On his appeal to the Court of Appeals and to this Court defendant has presented only the question whether the trial court erred in permitting the State to impeach its witness Richie Nelson Pope by introducing evidence that he had made prior statements which contradicted his testimony.

Disregarding the prior inconsistent statements Richie himself admitted having made (which were not substantive evidence), his testimony as to the theft...

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