STATE v. MASH

No. 65A81.

287 S.E.2d 824 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Archie Ray MASH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Donald W. Stephens, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm R. Hunter, Jr., Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred by instructing the jury on "flight." He argues that he was not under arrest or in custody at the time he left the Sheriff's Department and that his actions could not be considered an "admission or show of consciousness of guilt" but rather were "insolubly ambiguous."

The well-settled rule in North Carolina is that evidence of flight of an accused...

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