STATE v. WILLIS

No. 8310SC223.

313 S.E.2d 173 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. Eugene Sudell WILLIS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Henry R. Rosser, Raleigh, for the State.

Ralph McDonald, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


JOHNSON, Judge.

Defendant contends that the court erred in admitting evidence that he had been involved in other independent narcotics-related offenses. The court overruled defendant's objection to testimony by one of the arresting officers that he had personally seen defendant selling heroin. This testimony came, however, after defendant had "opened the door" by eliciting the officer's admission that he had never seen defendant buy heroin. A similar situation...

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