STATE v. WHISENANT

No. 72A82.

303 S.E.2d 784 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Bobby Gene WHISENANT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas F. Moffitt, Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender by Malcolm R. Hunter, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant presents on appeal two issues to this Court. First, he contends that certain questions by the prosecutor which "put before the jury irrelevant and prejudicial insinuations that the defendant had committed other serious crimes" denied him a fair trial. For the reasons articulated below we do not agree. Defendant also argues that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to strike one of the prosecutor's arguments which defendant...

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