STATE v. COLVIN

No. 54.

256 S.E.2d 689 (1979)

297 N.C. 691

STATE of North Carolina v. William James COLVIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Elizabeth C. Bunting, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the state.

Hicks & Harris by Tate K. Sterrett, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

Defendant's principal assignments of error challenge: (1) the admissibility of testimony concerning threats he made against his wife; (2) the exclusion of testimony by defendant that he did not intentionally kill his wife; (3) the trial court's ruling that a nine-year old child was competent to testify; and (4) the adequacy of the instructions to the jury on malice and heat of passion. We find no error prejudicial to defendant in any of these instances...

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