STATE v. MELVIN

No. 482A86.

388 S.E.2d 72 (1990)

326 N.C. 173

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie B. MELVIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by David Roy Blackwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, by Geoffrey C. Mangum, Asst. Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

Defendant argues on appeal that three of the principal witnesses against him were so intimidated by actions of the prosecutor and the trial judge that they refused to give testimony favorable to him and, instead, testified against him, thereby depriving him of due process. We find no merit in this argument and no error in the trial.

Upon a two-count bill of indictment defendant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and conspiracy to...

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