STATE v. LYNCH

No. 42.

181 S.E.2d 561 (1971)

279 N.C. 1

STATE of North Carolina v. Elmore LYNCH, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan; Deputy Atty. Gen. R. Bruce White; Staff Atty. Howard P. Satisky, Raleigh, for the State.

Robert C. Powell, Gastonia, for defendant-appellant.


SHARP, Justice:

Defendant brings forward seven assignments of error, three of which require consideration. We first examine the assignment which presents the question whether the judge prejudiced defendant's trial by failing to rule upon 38 objections made by defense counsel after having instructed the court reporter to "put an overruled after every time he says objection."

Every person charged with crime has the right to the assistance of counsel at a trial...

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