STATE v. BUIE

No. 7520SC179.

215 S.E.2d 401 (1975)

26 N.C. App. 151

STATE of North Carolina v. James Louis BUIE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Joan H. Byers, Raleigh, for the State.

Chambers, Stein & Ferguson by Charles L. Becton, Chapel Hill, for defendant appellant.


CLARK, Judge.

The defendant was convicted as a principal of the crimes of breaking or entering, felonious larceny, and attempted safecracking, though he was not actually present at the scene of the crimes. There are two exceptions to the rule that an accused cannot be convicted as a principal when he is not actually present at the scene. First, if the defendant was constructively present when the crime was committed and...

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