STATE v. LEE

No. 17.

176 S.E.2d 765 (1970)

277 N.C. 205

STATE of North Carolina v. Jimmy LEE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Earl Britt, Fairmont, for defendant appellant.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., Donald M. Jacobs, Staff Atty., Raleigh, for the State.


HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant Lee demanded and was denied the right to make the closing argument to the jury. This is his first assignment of error.

Rule 3, Rules of Practice in the Superior Courts of North Carolina, provides that "[i]n all cases, civil or criminal, when no evidence is introduced by the defendant, the right of reply and conclusion shall belong to his counsel." See G.S. 4-A, Appendix 1(2), page 201.

Construing this rule in State v. Robinson...

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