State v. Poole

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant’s first assignment of error is based on the admission of Mrs. McGill’s testimony that defendant committed the crime of rape in addition to the crime of kidnapping.

It is a general rule of evidence that in a prosecution for a particular crime the State cannot offer evidence tending to show that the accused has committed another distinct, independent, or separate offense. State v. Long, 280 N.C. 638, 187 S.E. 2d 47 (1972). But it is equally well established that this rule does not apply when the two crimes are parts of the same transaction and are so connected in time…