STATE v. MCDANIEL

No. 657.

158 S.E.2d 874 (1968)

272 N.C. 556

STATE v. Dennis McDANIEL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Geo. A. Goodwyn, for the State.

John A. Dwyer, Whiteville, for defendant appellant.


LAKE, Justice.

It was stipulated in the course of the trial below that Chester Leggett is dead and that the cause of his death was a stab wound in the chest. The defendant, himself, testified that in the course of a fight he intentionally stabbed Leggett with a knife, identifying the knife. The evidence of the State is that Leggett was found dying in the vicinity of that fight, approximately one hour after it occurred. The State also introduced evidence tending to...

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