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STATE v. BRIGHT

No. 295A86.

358 S.E.2d 498 (1987)

320 N.C. 491

STATE of North Carolina v. Sherry BRIGHT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Philip A. Telfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Darryl G. Smith, Durham, for defendant-appellant.

MEYER, Justice.

The prosecuting witness in this case was the five-year-old daughter1 of defendant. On 28 November 1983, she was living with her mother, father, and baby brother in her paternal grandmother's house. On that day, her school principal and her grandmother noticed bruising and scratching under her left eye. The victim told her principal that her mother had punished her because she did not know the days of the week. The principal...

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