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STATE v. HENSLEY

No. 28.

240 S.E.2d 332 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. William Blane HENSLEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas B. Wood, Raleigh, for the State.

C. Scott Whisnant, Morganton, for defendant appellant.

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant's first assignment of error is directed to two allegedly leading questions directed to Betty, the prosecuting witness, and to two such questions directed to the witness, Lois Lowery.

We see no merit to this assignment.

The trial court has discretionary authority to permit leading questions in proper instances, and absent a showing of prejudice the discretionary action of the trial...

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