STATE v. GOODSON

No. 157A94.

461 S.E.2d 740 (1995)

341 N.C. 619

STATE of North Carolina v. Elwood GOODSON, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Charles M. Hensey, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Knox, Knox, Freeman & Brotherton by H. Edward Knox, Charlotte; Duke & Brown by John E. Duke; Jonathan S. Williams; and Adrian M. Lapas, Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.


WEBB, Justice.

In his first assignment of error, the defendant argues two questions pertaining to evidence. He first says it was error for the court to exclude testimony as to the victim's reputation for violence.

The defendant contended that the killing in this case resulted from an accident. In State v. Winfrey, 298 N.C. 260, 258 S.E.2d 346 (1979), we held that evidence of a victim...

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