STATE v. ALFORD

No. 18.

259 S.E.2d 242 (1979)

298 N.C. 465

STATE of North Carolina v. Lee Odis ALFORD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

W. A. Johnson and Sandra L. Johnson, Lillington, for defendant-appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant, an indigent, assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to appoint a private investigator for the purpose of assisting him in his defense. Defendant contends such denial of his pretrial motion for appointment of an investigator deprived him of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and violated the provisions of G.S. 7A-450(b), which requires the State to provide an...

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