STATE v. ROTHWELL

No. 655A82.

303 S.E.2d 798 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Calvin ROTHWELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by T. Buie Costen, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Angus B. Thompson, II, Lumberton, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is whether the introduction of testimony by two co-defendants that they pleaded guilty to charges growing out of the same events for which defendant was being tried constitutes prejudicial error. Having examined the context in which the jury heard this testimony at trial, we hold that the admission of this evidence was not prejudicial error in defendant's case. We also hold that with respect to defendant's contentions...

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