STATE v. BERTRAND

No. 725.

106 S.E.2d 484 (1959)

249 N.C. 413

STATE v. Raymond William BERTRAND.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm B. Seawell, Atty. Gen., T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

J. H. Barrington, Jr., Lumberton, for defendant, appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

During the progress of the trial, the presiding judge asked some of the State's witnesses questions which the defendant contends may have given the jury the impression the judge was attempting to bolster the State's case. No doubt the experienced and learned judge intended only to clarify rather than to emphasize the State's evidence. The court's questions, standing alone, would not be of disturbing importance. However, the effect of the court's...

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