IN THE MATTER OF FARMER

No. 827SC146.

299 S.E.2d 262 (1983)

In the Matter of Jessie Penny FARMER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Cheshire, Leager & Southern by Samuel R. Leager, Raleigh, for petitioner-appellee.

Farris, Thomas & Farris, P.A. by Robert A. Farris, Wilson, for respondent.


WELLS, Judge.

Respondent first contends that the trial judge erred in denying respondent's motion for a mistrial after counsel for petitioner, in his opening statement to the jury, stated that the case had been tried by a jury, that respondent had been found to be incompetent, and that the matter was being heard on appeal from that finding. Respondent contends that she was entitled to a trial de novo in the Superior Court1 and that...

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