STATE v. BLACK

No. 172A81.

290 S.E.2d 669 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Howard BLACK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Zachary T. Bynum, III and David V. Liner, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

In this appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erroneously allowed the district attorney to cross-examine and impeach a State's witness and erroneously admitted incompetent evidence. For the reasons enunciated herein, we hold that the defendant had a fair trial free from prejudicial error.

On the evening of 16 April 1981, Artemus Peterson, then eight years old, and his brother Monte...

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