MATTER OF STALLINGS

No. 716PA85.

350 S.E.2d 327 (1986)

In the Matter of William Vance STALLINGS, Juvenile.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Joan H. Byers, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., John H. Watters, and Robert E. Cansler, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State-appellant.

Susan K. Seahorn, Assistant Public Defender, Fayetteville, for juvenile-appellee.

North Carolina Ass'n of Police Attys. by Dawn S. Bryant, President, Raleigh, amicus curiae.


MEYER, Justice.

On 15 October 1984 at approximately 10:00 a.m., the victim, Mrs. Nell Knott, left her home to visit her neighbor Brenda Hamby. After having coffee, the two ladies went into Ms. Hamby's back yard to look at the tomatoes in her garden. While standing by the garden, the ladies observed two young boys coming out of the side door of Mrs. Knott's house. The side door was approximately thirty yards from where the ladies were standing. Mrs. Knott was shocked...

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