HUSKINS, Justice.
At the commencement of the trial defendant moved to sequester the State's witnesses and assigns as error the denial of his motion.
It is the general rule in North Carolina, in both civil and criminal cases, to separate witnesses and send them out of the hearing of the court when requested. But this is discretionary with the trial judge and may not be claimed as a matter of right. Stansbury, N. C. Evidence § 20 (2d ed. 1963); State v...
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