State v. Hooker

In apt time defendant, appellant, in writing requested the trial court to give these special instructions:

“1. In North Carolina, a defendant may be convicted upon the unsupported testimony of an accomplice, if the jury is satisfied from such testimony and beyond a reasonable doubt of his guilt; and, in this case, the witnesses Purcell and Williams are which is known in law as accomplices; and their testimony as to the guilt of the defendant is unsupported by any other evidence.

“2. However, the court further instructs you that it is dangerous to convict a defendant upon the unsupported…