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STATE v. McCOY

No. 34.

283 S.E.2d 788 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jesse Hamilton McCOY

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by James W. Lea, III, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Eugene F. Dauchert, Jr., Durham, for defendant-appellant.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Does an indigent defendant in an action under G.S. 49-2, who receives a sentence of imprisonment suspended on condition that he pay child support, have a constitutional right to appointed counsel? We decline to answer the question posed because it is not properly before us.

Being the father of an illegitimate child is no crime. The only prosecution authorized by Chapter 49 of the General Statutes...

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