STATE v. YOUNG

No. 451A86.

356 S.E.2d 347 (1987)

319 N.C. 661

STATE of North Carolina v. Jay Alexander YOUNG, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Christopher P. Brewer, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Louis D. Bilionis, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

The questions presented in this appeal are whether the trial judge erred when he (1) arrested judgment in the first degree rape case, and (2) instructed the jury that a knife is a deadly weapon. We find no error and therefore affirm the actions of the trial court.

The state's evidence tended to show that on 6 May 1985 the victim was working the evening shift at Fast Phil's convenience store...

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