State v. McCoy

MORRIS, Judge.

The defendant’s first assignment of error is directed to the admission of testimony of prior consistent statements to corroborate the testimony of witness Bostick. The defendant concedes that present law allows such corroborating testimony but argues that this rule of law should be changed. Recently, our Supreme Court quoting 1 Stansbury’s N.C. Evidence, § 51 (Bran-dis Rev. 1973) with approval stated that “[t]he admissibility of prior consistent statements of the witness to strengthen his credibility has been challenged by counsel and reaffirmed by the Court in scores of cases.”…