STATE v. HAMPTON

No. 121.

239 S.E.2d 835 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. Joe Edward HAMPTON, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Jane Rankin Thompson, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Frank Banzet, Warrenton, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant contends that the trial judge committed prejudicial error by permitting the witness Davis to testify as to what he told the police. The witness was asked, "What did you tell the officers?" He replied, "I told them what Joe had told me to tell them, that Cleveland Wilson had took us to Greystone and left us." Defendant contends that this is hearsay evidence. We disagree.

In 1 Stansbury's North Carolina Evidence, Section 138, pp. 459...

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