STATE v. CAMPBELL

No. 735SC822.

201 S.E.2d 33 (1973)

20 N.C. App. 281

STATE of North Carolina v. Joe CAMPBELL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Magner, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Herbert P. Scott, Wilmington, for defendant appellant.


BALEY, Judge.

Defendant testified in his own behalf and was cross-examined about prior criminal convictions. He complains in his only assignment of error that the State did not first inquire about whether there were any convictions before proceeding to examine him about the specific convictions—all of which he admitted.

For purposes of impeachment a defendant in a criminal case who takes the stand as a witness in his own behalf may be cross-examined...

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