STATE v. COX

No. 14.

277 S.E.2d 376 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Albert COX, James Earl Covington and Graelyn R. Godfrey.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Trimpi and C. Everett Thompson, Elizabeth City, for defendants-appellants.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Charles J. Murray, Raleigh, for the State.


COPELAND, Justice.

Defendants and the State argue several assignments of error on appeal. We have carefully considered each assignment and conclude that the Court of Appeals correctly found no error which would entitle defendant Cox to a new trial on the kidnapping charge. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the Court of Appeals' decision awarding a new trial to defendants Covington and Godfrey on the kidnapping charges and reinstate the trial court's judgment...

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