HEDRICK, Judge.
By his one assignment of error the defendant contends the court expressed an opinion, in violation of G.S. § 1-180, by asking questions of the witness Hagen and by the court's instructions to the jury as to how they would consider the defendant's testimony. It is a well settled rule in this State that a trial judge may ask questions of a witness in order to obtain a proper understanding and clarification of the witness' testimony. State v. Strickland...
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