STATE v. PATTON

No. 6815SC251.

163 S.E.2d 542 (1968)

2 N.C. App. 605

STATE of North Carolina v. William Everett PATTON, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Wade Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin and Staff Atty. T. Buie Costen, Raleigh, for the State.

John D. Xanthos, Burlington, for defendant appellant.


BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the refusal of the trial judge to permit the State's witness to answer certain questions asked by defendant's counsel on cross-examination. The record fails to disclose what the answers would have been had the witness been allowed to testify.

The exclusion of testimony cannot be held prejudicial when the record fails to show what the answer would have been had he been permitted to testify. 1 Strong, N.C. Index 2d, Appeal...

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