STATE v. BOWDEN

No. 6.

228 S.E.2d 414 (1976)

290 N.C. 702

STATE of North Carolina v. Bobby E. BOWDEN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Elizabeth C. Bunting, Raleigh, for the State.

Charles H. Burgardt, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.


COPELAND, Justice.

During the jury selection process, defendant contends the court erred in allowing the district attorney to challenge peremptorily juror Christa E. Arnold after the district attorney had passed her as a juror.

On the first day of the trial, this juror was examined at length by counsel for the defendant and the district attorney.

From the outset, it should be noted that Miss Arnold was of German ancestry and had difficulty speaking...

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