STATE v. TILLEY

No. 86.

232 S.E.2d 433 (1977)

292 N.C. 132

STATE of North Carolina v. William Brady TILLEY and Harold Glenwood Jordan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Senior Deputy Atty. Gen. R. Bruce White, Jr., and Asst. Atty. Gen. Zoro J. Guice, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm B. Grandy, Raleigh, for William Brady Tilley, defendant.

A. D. Folger, Jr., George T. Fulp, and Ronald M. Price, Madison, for Harold Glenwood Jordan, defendant.


COPELAND, Justice.

Appellants' first assignment of error relates to the admission in evidence of certain incriminating statements and actions which were made out of the presence of one or both of the defendants. Although defendants stress their absence on these occasions, we find this factor to be irrelevant to the determination of the admissibility of the challenged evidence. At the core of defendants' objections is the hearsay rule. When declarations and acts intended...

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