STATE v. HOUSAND

No. 825SC717.

302 S.E.2d 284 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Clarence H. HOUSAND.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Grayson G. Kelley, Raleigh, for the State.

Harold P. Laing, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The court admitted into evidence a prior written statement of State's witness Hewett for the purpose of corroborating Hewett's trial testimony. Defendant assigns error contending that the prior written statement was inconsistent with Hewett's trial testimony, and by its admission the State was allowed to impeach its own witness.

In a handwritten statement given to law enforcement officers, Hewett said, among other things, that defendant pointed...

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