State v. Melvin

291 S.E.2d 885 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Allen Mitchell MELVIN.

No. 814SC1221.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 1, 1982.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Elisha H. Bunting Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Warrick, Johnson & Parsons by W. Douglas Parsons, Clinton, for defendant-appellant.

HILL, Judge.

The State's evidence tends to show that on 14 November 1980, defendant was tending bar at Ronnie Parker's Pool Hall when a fight broke out between Linda Gail McNeil and co-defendant Ruth Parker. Willie Leon Frederick attempted to end the fight by placing McNeil in his car, but…