STATE v. SIDBURY

No. 8216SC1192.

306 S.E.2d 844 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Harry Mitchell SIDBURY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. William N. Farrell, Raleigh, for the State.

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


BECTON, Judge.

I

The issues on appeal concern whether certain of the trial court's statements and conduct constituted an impermissible expression of an opinion, and whether evidence that defendant refused to participate in a lineup was erroneously admitted. For the following reasons, we hold that defendant is entitled to a new trial.

II

The State's evidence tended to show that on the night of 16 September 1981, the Family Inns of America...

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