STATE v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 8725SC905.

366 S.E.2d 509 (1988)

89 N.C. App. 465

STATE of North Carolina v. Glenn Carroll BLANKENSHIP.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Floyd M. Lewis, Raleigh, for the State.

C. Gary Triggs, Morganton, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the case at the close of the State's evidence. Next, defendant argues that the trial court violated North Carolina Rule of Evidence 609(b) in allowing the jury to hear, on cross-examination, impeachment evidence of a prior conviction which was more than ten years old. We disagree and find that the defendant received a fair trial free of prejudicial error.

Defendant first...

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