STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 6.

233 S.E.2d 507 (1977)

292 N.C. 391

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie Lee WILLIAMS, a/k/a Bubba Williams.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Charles M. Hensey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jane Rankin Thompson, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.

John Richard Newton and William B. Harris, III, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant contends the testimony of Joseph Sweat regarding defendant's participation in the armed robbery at K & B's Grocery Store on Castle Street and the murder of Thurston Smith should have been excluded since it put defendant's character in issue and its only relevancy was to show that defendant had committed another distinct, independent, separate crime. Admission of this evidence over objection constitutes defendant's first assignment of...

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