STATE v. TISE

No. 7818SC885.

250 S.E.2d 674 (1979)

39 N.C. App. 495

STATE of North Carolina v. Edward Lee TISE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Mary I. Murrill, Deputy Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin and Associate Atty. Gen. Lucien Capone III, Raleigh, for the State.

Byerly & Byerly by W. B. Byerly, Jr., High Point, for defendant appellant.


CLARK, Judge.

First, defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury to consider defendant's character evidence as bearing upon his credibility and as substantive evidence. The defendant did not request such instruction. The trial court did instruct the jury on credibility of witnesses in general, using the North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions For Criminal Cases (101.15).

The defendant testified and also offered evidence...

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