STATE v. MARTIN

No. 56A83.

308 S.E.2d 277 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Eric MARTIN aka John Eric Martin, Jr. and Charles Alvin Brown.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Thomas F. Moffitt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Marshall H. Karro, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant John Eric Martin, Jr.

Richard H. Tomberlin, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Charles Alvin Brown.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendants contend that the trial judge erred by admitting into evidence testimony concerning their abandoned attempt to rob merchants at Eastland Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina.

It is well settled in North Carolina that the State cannot offer evidence of other crimes committed by an accused where the only relevancy of such evidence is its tendency to show the defendant's disposition to commit a crime of the nature of the one for...

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