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STATE v. HOCKETT

No. 405A83.

309 S.E.2d 249 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Odell HOCKETT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Attys. Gen. Grayson B. Kelley and Dennis P. Myers, Raleigh, for the State.

Asst. Public Defender John G. Britt, Jr., Fayetteville, for defendant.

COPELAND, Justice.

Defendant brings forward and argues four assignments of error which he contends require a reversal and either a dismissal of the charges against him or a new trial. We conclude there must be a new trial because of the failure of Judge Farmer to answer a question asked by the jury relative to the legal effect of the presence or absence of a weapon.

In the first assignment of error the defendant...

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