State v. Dellinger

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant Dellinger assigns error to trial court’s admission into evidence of the extra-judicial statement of codefendant Jones. Quoting from State v. Jones, 280 N.C. 322, 339, 185 S.E. 2d 858, 868 (1972), she argues that “the prejudicial impact of testimony of out-of-court declarations of a codefendant, even when, the right to confrontation is afforded, must be evaluated in the light of the competent admitted evidence against the nondeclarent defendant referred to in such declarations.” Defendant contends that since Jones’ statement tended to corroborate Payseur’s testimony,…