State v. Isom

309 S.E.2d 283 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Tyrone ISOM.

No. 8319SC82.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 6, 1983.

Atty. Gen., Edmisten by Special Deputy Atty. Gen., Isham B. Hudson, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Nancy C. Northcott, Concord, for defendant-appellant.

BRASWELL, Judge.

Elton Allison, about sixty-eight years old, blind and somewhat hard of hearing, was asleep on his couch in his home at 3:00 a.m. on the night of 7 July 1982. A blow from a stick across his head awakened Mr. Allison, and a man's voice said, "I'm going to kill you." During an altercation with the man, Mr.…