STATE v. SPINKS

No. 8518SC429.

335 S.E.2d 786 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. Walter Eugene SPINKS, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Associate Atty. Gen. T. Byron Smith, Raleigh, for State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender David W. Dorey, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred by allowing the State to introduce evidence that on the day prior to the robbery of Mr. Wheat the defendant had pleaded guilty to a crime in federal court and that he had been ordered to pay a fine of $2,500. Finding no error, we affirm the defendant's conviction.

Rule 404(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence provides:

Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts...

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