STATE v. SAMS

No. 173A85.

345 S.E.2d 179 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Wesley Addison SAMS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Ralf F. Haskell, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

Charles T. Browne, Asheboro, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant brings six assignments of error before this Court. The first concerns the Speedy Trial Act; the second, the sufficiency of the evidence; the third and fourth, the trial judge's acts in sustaining two of the prosecutor's objections; and the last two, jury instructions. After considering each of these assignments, we find no reversible error.

The facts underlying this case are bizarre. Around 10:00 p.m. on 28 February 1979, the Randolph...

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