Tidwell v. Booker

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the District Court erred in considering and making findings of fact and conclusions of law based upon defendant’s previous criminal conviction. Defendant, in support of his position, cites thé North Carolina rule that “ . . . evidence of a defendant’s conviction in a criminal prosecution for the very acts which constitute the basis of the liability sought to be established in a civil suit is not admissible unless such conviction is based on a plea of guilty.” Beanblossom v. Thomas, 266 N.C. 181, 185, 146 S.E. 2d 36 (1966). The rationale supporting…