State v. Goodson

Pee Cueiam.

A State’s witness, Patsy Deloris Smith, testified she and Robert Edward Yeldell were walking on South Church Street, Charlotte, N. C., on the night of April 16, 1967, when Yeldell was shot twice and fell (mortally wounded) in the street. After testifying she “couldn’t see who was doing it,” she was permitted to testify on further direct examination over objections that defendant, who “was about six feet away” and who had “a big, old, shiny pistol in his hand,” did the shooting. She testified she had not previously seen defendant and did not then know his name. In view of her…