HINTON v. CITY OF RALEIGH

No. 7910SC951.

264 S.E.2d 777 (1980)

Freida Mae HINTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Ricky Napolean Hinton v. The CITY OF RALEIGH, a Municipal Corporation of the State of North Carolina: Robert Goodwin, Chief of Police of the City of Raleigh Police Department; Woodrow W. Hayes, P. J. McCann, T. W. Gardner, E. O. Lassiter, G. W. Black, D. C. Williams, E. D. Whitley, J. M. Glover, J. C. Holder, L. A. Edwards, R. A. Hogg, P. E. Braswell, J. S. Burge, E. M. Lefler, L. Zettlemaier, J. Tharrington, R. D. Moore, Police Officers of the City of Raleigh; and James Richitelli, a police agent/informer.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Joyner, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Haywood, Denny & Miller by George W. Miller, Jr., Durham, and Police Atty. Kurt C. Stakeman, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


WEBB, Judge.

We affirm the judgment of the superior court. The pleadings, depositions and documents relied on by the court reveal, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, that Ricky Hinton was induced to commit an armed robbery by a paid informant of the City of Raleigh Police Department with the intention on the part of the police of killing Ricky Hinton; that as Ricky Hinton and his companion left the lobby of the Holiday Inn after committing the robbery,...

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