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STATE v. McDOUGALD

No. 7812SC378.

248 S.E.2d 72 (1978)

38 N.C. App. 244

STATE of North Carolina v. Terry Wayne McDOUGALD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas B. Wood, Raleigh, for the State.

Mary Ann Tally, Public Defender, Twelfth Judicial Dist., Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.

MITCHELL, Judge.

The defendant first assigns as error the failure of the trial court to take judicial notice of radio and television broadcasts concerning this case. This assignment is without merit.

Courts may take judicial notice of facts generally known from radio, television and press coverage. Courts may also take notice of the fact that news media broadcasts have occurred. State v. Williams, 263 N.C. 800,

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