Legal Opinion

State v. Canady

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 19, 1990No. 8916SC884PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*190LEWIS, Judge.

On 18 November 1988, defendant and two accomplices broke into an unoccupied home and stole several items of personal property.

Defendant assigns as error the admission into evidence of certain testimony that he had threatened his two accomplices about not testifying against him. This evidence is admissible unless “its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury. . . .” N.C. Rule of Evidence 403; State v. Smith, 19 N.C. App. 158, 159, 198 S.E.2d 52, 53, cert. denied, 284 N.C. 123, 199 S.E.2d 662…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1988
  2. State v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1988
  3. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
  4. State v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. HicksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  2. State v. GordonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1991
  3. State v. CanadyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990

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