STATE v. ALLEY

No. 819SC557.

284 S.E.2d 215 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Curtis Wayne ALLEY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. David Gordon, Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein and Ann Peterson, Appellate Defenders, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


WELLS, Judge.

Defendant brings forth assignments of error relating to the trial court's admission, over defendant's objection, evidence of previous, unrelated, non-criminal fires which caused property damage to defendant's real and personal property. We find error in the trial and reverse.

The District Attorney questioned both defendant's wife and defendant on cross-examination as to a number of previous, apparently non-criminal fires which had damaged defendant...

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