STATE v. CHOPLIN

No. 502.

150 S.E.2d 851 (1966)

268 N.C. 461

STATE v. Coy Gordon CHOPLIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle R. Purser, Raleigh, for defendant, appellant.

Attorney General T. W. Bruton, Assistant Attorney General William W. Melvin, and Staff Attorney Donald M. Jacobs for the State.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant abandoned all his exceptions except the one to that portion of the judge's charge which reads as follows: "That when a defendant goes upon the stand and testifies in his own behalf it becomes the duty of the jury to very closely scrutinize and examine the testimony of the defendant because he is a person interested in your verdict. He is the one who will be directly affected by the outcome of the case. So I instruct you, gentlemen of the...

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