STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 7820SC918.

251 S.E.2d 731 (1979)

39 N.C. App. 687

STATE of North Carolina v. Lee Thomas HAMILTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Tiare Smiley Farris, Raleigh, for the State.

Joe P. McCollum, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.


WEBB, Judge.

The defendant's only assignment of error pertains to the charge. He argues the court did not properly define assault on a female. In its charge concerning assault on a female, the court said that one of the things the State must prove is "that the defendant assaulted Patricia McClendon, that he at least laid his hands on her without her consent." Assuming this was error, we hold it did not harm the defendant. In this case all the evidence including the...

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