State v. Blankenship

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the case at the close of the State’s evidence. Next, defendant argues that the trial court violated North Carolina Rule of Evidence 609(b) in allowing the jury to hear, on cross-examination, impeachment evidence of a prior conviction which was more than ten years old. We disagree and find that the defendant received a fair trial free of prejudicial error.

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss at the close of the State’s evidence. By his introduction of evidence,…