STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 8215SC184.

297 S.E.2d 628 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Wayne PATTERSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Alfred N. Salley, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Lorinzo L. Joyner, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The issues on appeal are (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence that a sawed-off shotgun was found in the defendant's car; (2) whether the trial court gave a biased summary of the evidence in its charge to the jury; and (3) whether the trial court violated G.S. 15A-1232 when instructing the jury regarding a witness' assertion of the privilege not to incriminate himself.

The State's evidence tended to show that Marie Tarver...

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