STATE v. RILEY

No. 789SC138.

245 S.E.2d 550 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 213

STATE of North Carolina v. Wallace D. RILEY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Norman M. York, Jr., for the State.

Watkins, Finch & Hopper by William T. Watkins, Oxford, and Vann & Vann by Arthur Vann, Sr., Durham, for defendant-appellant.


ERWIN, Judge.

Defendant presents two questions for our resolution. He first contends that his right to remain silent was violated when defendant was cross-examined in an effort to impeach his contention of self-defense, which was asserted for the first time at trial. Defendant was questioned by the prosecution as to why he did not give his exculpatory version of the incident to the officers after being arrested and after he had been given his Miranda warnings...

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