STATE v. MOORMAN

No. 577PA86.

358 S.E.2d 502 (1987)

320 N.C. 387

STATE of North Carolina v. Percy Robert MOORMAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by David Roy Blackwell and John H. Watters, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove by Roger W. Smith, George T. Rogister, Jr., J. David Farren, Burton Craige and G. Bryan Collins, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Moorman.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

Questions presented dispositive of the appeal are whether the Court of Appeals erred in (1) arresting judgment on defendant's conviction of second degree rape and (2) concluding defendant was not denied his right to effective assistance of counsel at trial. We answer both questions affirmatively, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and award defendant a new trial in all cases.

I.

Defendant was tried on indictments charging...

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