Wesley v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
ERWIN, Judge.
Defendant’s Appeal
Defendant’s initial assignment of error is that the trial court erred in permitting testimony concerning the neighborhood surrounding its bus station and the type of individuals who frequented the area. We find no error.
The sole basis for defendant’s objection is that the objected to testimony was highly prejudicial. It is the rule of law in our State that all relevant evidence is admissible unless excluded by some specific rule, 1 Stansbury’s N.C. Evidence (Brandis rev. 1973), § 77, and relevant evidence will not be excluded simply because it may tend to…
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