State v. Coats

265 S.E.2d 486 (1980)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Reuben Isaac COATS.

No. 7912SC1199.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 6, 1980.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Dennis P. Myers, Raleigh, for the State.

Macrae, Macrae, Perry & Pechmann by Daniel T. Perry, III, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.

ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

In his first assignment of error defendant offers two arguments to support his contention that the trial court erred in refusing to submit the issue of common law robbery to the jury. Defendant first points to his own testimony when he was asked on direct…