STATE v. LONG

No. 8113SC1096.

294 S.E.2d 4 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Clinton Dale LONG and Jamie Ray Watkins.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. G. Criston Windham, Raleigh, for the State.

Marvin J. Tedder, Whiteville, for defendants-appellants.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

Defendants make thirty-one assignments of error on appeal. In their first assignment, they argue that the trial judge was overly brief in his statement of the charges to the prospective jurors. Defendants concede that G.S. 15A-1213 requires only that the judge "briefly inform" prospective jurors of the charges against each defendant and specifically prohibits the judge from reading the pleadings. Nevertheless, defendants contend that in this case...

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