STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 8112SC228.

281 S.E.2d 680 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Rufus HAMILTON aka Elijah Cooley.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen., Steven F. Bryant, Raleigh, for the State.

Asst. Public Defender, Twelfth Judicial District, Gregory A. Weeks, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.


HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the trial court's denial of his motions for mistrial. Giving rise to the motions was the introduction of allegedly inadmissible and prejudicial testimony on two separate occasions during trial.

Defendant first takes exception to the following statement made by the witness, Detective Stankiewicz. The question and his answer were in response to the witness's assertion that it was necessary for the booking officer...

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