State v. Carroll

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Defendant has argued that it was error for the trial court to allow the witness to testify that defendant was an “inmate” of the North Carolina Department of Correction on 8 December 1970, and that he was “captured.” The fact that a person is a prison inmate is a status based on observable facts, as is the fact of his apprehension in some place other than the designated place of confinement. The witness having personally observed these facts may testify to them. Likewise, the judgment and order of commitment upon conviction of a felony on 5 December 1969 in Alamance County…