STATE v. MARTIN

No. 7618SC208.

226 S.E.2d 682 (1976)

30 N.C. App. 166

STATE of North Carolina v. Lee Roy MARTIN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert R. Reilly, Raleigh, for the State.

Morgan, Byerly, Post, Herring & Keziah by W. B. Byerly, Jr., High Point, for defendant.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for judgment of nonsuit.

"At common law, an accessory after the fact is one who, knowing that a felony has been committed by another, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon, or in any manner aids him to escape arrest or punishment." 21 Am.Jur.2d, Criminal Law, § 126, p. 200. This same definition is applicable to our statute, which reads: "If any person shall become an...

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