STATE v. FREEMAN

No. 17.

278 S.E.2d 207 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. William Howard FREEMAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Myron C. Banks, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., for the state.

Gregory A. Weeks, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant.


EXUM, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the admission of evidence regarding defendant's prior sexual misconduct was properly admitted as substantive evidence tending to prove defendant's guilt of the crimes charged against him. We conclude that it was and find no error in defendant's trial.

The state's evidence tended to show the following: At approximately 1:00 a.m. on 5 February 1980 the prosecuting witness, Betty Whitman, finished...

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