STATE v. POOLE

No. 62.

220 S.E.2d 320 (1975)

289 N.C. 47

STATE of North Carolina v. Harold David POOLE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Lamont Brown, Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant's first assignment of error is based on the admission of Mrs. McGill's testimony that defendant committed the crime of rape in addition to the crime of kidnapping.

It is a general rule of evidence that in a prosecution for a particular crime the State cannot offer evidence tending to show that the accused has committed another distinct, independent, or separate offense. State v. Long, 280 N.C. 633...

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