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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. COA03-503.

596 S.E.2d 313 (2004)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Cornelius WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Dahr Joseph Tanoury, for the State.

Brian Michael Aus, Durham, for the defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

In North Carolina, the "general rule is that in a criminal prosecution evidence of the reputation of a place or neighborhood is ordinarily inadmissible hearsay." State v. Weldon, 314 N.C. 401, 408, 333 S.E.2d 701, 705 (1985). In this case, the trial court erroneously allowed testimony indicating Defendant was in a neighborhood known as an "open air market for drugs." Because we conclude that had this error not...

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