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STATE v. LITTLE

No. 8310SC409.

312 S.E.2d 695 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. William D. LITTLE, Ezekial Hall, Melvin Surgeon.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Myron C. Banks, Raleigh, for the State.

Thomas C. Manning, Robert E. Zaytoun, Raleigh, Appellate Defender Adam Stein, and Asst. Appellate Defender Marc D. Towler, Raleigh, for defendant appellants.

BECTON, Judge.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 23 March 1982, the defendants, William D. Little, Ezekial Hall, and Melvin Surgeon, all inmates at Central Prison, seized control of the diagnostic center at Central Prison. With homemade daggers and other weapons, these defendants, for approximately 42 hours thereafter, held as many as six prison employees and two other inmates as hostages. Although neither seeking to escape nor asking to be set free, the defendants...

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