STATE v. MORTON

No. COA03-1150.

601 S.E.2d 873 (2004)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Jacob MORTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Special Deputy Attorney General George W. Boylan, for the State.

Law Offices of J. Darren Byers, P.A., by J. Darren Byers, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


HUNTER, Judge.

John Jacob Morton ("defendant") appeals from a judgment filed on 22 January 2003 consistent with a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of stolen goods. Defendant was sentenced to eight to ten months incarceration. We conclude that the trial court erred in allowing inadmissible hearsay into evidence and remand the case for a new trial.

The evidence tends to show that in August 2001, Johnny Isenhour ("Isenhour") reported that about ...

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