STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 8325SC60.

309 S.E.2d 493 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Stephen Douglas SIMMONS. STATE of North Carolina v. Hal Stacey HALLMAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Floyd M. Lewis, Raleigh, for the State.

Rodney S. Toth, Charlotte, for defendant Stephen Douglas Simmons.

Beverly T. Beal, P.A., by Beverly T. Beal, Lenoir, for defendant Hal Stacey Hallman.


BECTON, Judge.

I

The dispositive issues on appeal relate to the joinder of defendants' cases for trial and to effective assistance of counsel. Both defendants have appealed, but because we are granting defendant Simmons's motion for appropriate relief, we need not consider the merits of his appeal.

II

The State presented evidence tending to show that on 7 January 1982, around 7:00 p.m., Raymond Duff arrived at the residence of Clyde Coulter...

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