STATE v. CULPEPPER

No. 111.

273 S.E.2d 686 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Randy Anson CULPEPPER and Trevor Dale Gurganus.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by John R. B. Matthis, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. and Acie L. Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Twiford, Trimpi, Thompson & Derrick by C. Everett Thompson, Elizabeth City, for defendants.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for review is whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of defendants' expert witness.

The State contended throughout the trial, and its evidence tended to show, that the fire had three points of origin: the area behind the bar; the men's restroom; and an area on the second floor above the men's restroom. The State's expert witness, Mr. Floyd Douglas Allen, testified that, in his opinion...

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