State v. Raines

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendants contend that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence the crowbar, owner’s manual, warranty, antenna and plastic bag found in the automobile in which defendants were riding when they were arrested. Defendants argue that the relevancy of evidence was “remote and conjectural” and that admission of the objects into evidence invited prejudice. This contention is unfounded.

There was sufficient competent evidence presented at trial to prove that in the early hours of 2 May 1975 the Firestone Store in Raleigh was broken into and that valuable articles were stolen…