STATE v. FRANKUM

Case No. 67-300, No. 176.

158 S.E.2d 62 (1967)

272 N.C. 253

STATE of North Carolina v. Theodore Henry FRANKUM,

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Ramseur, Gastonia, for defendant appellant.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Millard R. Rich, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PLESS, Justice.

The defendant's own testimony as shown in the statement of facts would justify a peremptory instruction of guilt. But in addition, he "corroborated" it by repeating on cross examination that "[h]e [Miller] was standing in the front room when he turned back and said `You G.d. black s.o.b., why don't you shoot me?' And so I did. * * * I got up off the bed to shoot him. * * * No, sir, wasn't hurting a soul. * * * I didn't see no knife. * * * I wasn't...

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