STATE v. BROOKS

No. 7829SC296.

247 S.E.2d 38 (1978)

38 N.C. App. 48

STATE of North Carolina v. Wayne Haywood BROOKS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert G. Webb, Raleigh, for the State.

J. H. Burwell, Jr., Rutherfordton, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Judge.

The defendant assigns as error the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss at the close of the State's evidence. In support of this assignment, the defendant contends that it was error for the trial court to permit his conviction based solely upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. We do not agree.

At common law it is well settled that the testimony of an accomplice, although entirely without corroboration, will support a...

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