State v. Hamlette

JOHNSON, Judge.

On 21 February 1980, around 11:00 p.m., in Roxboro, North Carolina, Willard Lawrence Bailey was shot three times. Shortly after the shooting Bailey talked with three law enforcement officials and one lay witness. Bailey identified the defendant as the person who shot him to each oil these witnesses. Bailey died 5 March 1980 as a result of the gunshot wounds.

Defendant presented evidence which tended to show that he did not shoot Bailey, but that Bailey was shot by Earl Torain. Defendant presents eleven assignments of error and argues that the trial court erred in its evidentiary…