STATE v. WALSTON

No. 392PA13.

766 S.E.2d 312 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert Timothy WALSTON, Sr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Sherri Horner Lawrence , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Mark Montgomery for defendant-appellee.


In this case we consider the admissibility of evidence of a pertinent character trait of a criminal defendant under North Carolina Rule of Evidence 404(a)(1). For character evidence to be admissible at trial under Rule 404(a)(1), an accused must "tailor the evidence to a particular trait...

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