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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 7820SC796.

249 S.E.2d 833 (1978)

39 N.C. App. 243

STATE of North Carolina v. Pete PATTERSON and Barbara Hough.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen., Douglas A. Johnston, Raleigh, for the State.

William H. Helms, Monroe, for defendants-appellants.

HEDRICK, Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in its charge to the jury by instructing that if it found that either defendant had committed the acts charged then both would be guilty. Defendants assign as error the following portion of the court's charge:

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