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STATE v. LEGGETT

No. 95A81.

287 S.E.2d 832 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Liston LEGGETT, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Robert G. Webb and Thomas B. Wood, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

David V. Liner and Zachary T. Bynum, III, Winston-Salem, for the defendant-appellant.

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant first contends that the trial court committed reversible error by reading the bills of indictment against him to prospective jurors. The defendant asserts that the trial court thereby violated the express terms of G.S. 15A-1213 and G.S. 15A-1221(b). We do not agree.

G.S. 15A-1221(b) prohibits the reading by any person of bills of indictment against the defendant to prospective jurors or to the jury during jury selection or...

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