State v. Wallace

271 S.E.2d 760 (1980)

49 N.C. App. 475

STATE of North Carolina

v.

James E. WALLACE.

No. 8015SC518.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 18, 1980.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Donald W. Grimes, Raleigh, for the State.

Vernon, Vernon, Wooten, Brown & Andrews, by Wiley P. Wooten, Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

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