STATE v. DEAS

No. 7429SC1020.

212 S.E.2d 693 (1975)

25 N.C. App. 294

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph DEAS, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Attys. Archie W. Anders and Robert W. Kaylor, Raleigh, for the State.

Sanders, Walker & London by Robert G. McClure, Jr., and Robert P. Johnston, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


MARTIN, Judge.

Counsel for defendant earnestly argues that defendant was denied a fair trial as a result of the district attorney's appeal to racial prejudice. It appears from the record that defendant is a black male and Miss Hamilton is white.

On direct examination defendant testified that he and Miss Hamilton had previously gone to a motel in Brevard where defendant registered them in his name and his wife's name. The operator of the motel testified that...

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