STATE v. WELLS

No. 767SC513.

230 S.E.2d 437 (1976)

31 N.C. App. 736

STATE of North Carolina v. Elijah Gray WELLS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Henry H. Burgwyn, Raleigh, for the State.

Howard A. Knox, Jr., Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

At trial the minor witness, in the presence of the jury, was allowed to whisper a portion of her testimony, which was of a very personal nature, to the court reporter, who in turn read the testimony to the jury. This procedure, which was utilized for the answers to three questions, provides the basis for defendant's first three exceptions. Defendant neither objected to this procedure nor the evidence obtained by it nor moved to strike the child's testimony...

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