STATE v. MERCER

No. 410A85.

343 S.E.2d 885 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Wayne Theodore MERCER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by Marilyn R. Mudge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Robert D. Kornegay, Jr. and Howard A. Knox, Jr., Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellant.


MEYER, Justice.

The evidence for the State tended to show that shortly after 7:00 p.m. on 3 January 1985, the victim, a 56-year-old female schoolteacher, drove the four blocks from her home in Rocky Mount to the Piggly-Wiggly grocery store. She parked her Honda automobile in front of the grocery store entrance, went inside, purchased a loaf of bread, and returned to her car. Once inside the car, the victim reached over to the left side door to close it but was unable...

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