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STATE v. BOYD

No. 177A83.

319 S.E.2d 189 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. Arthur Martin BOYD, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Ann B. Petersen, Raleigh, and James R. Glover, Chapel Hill, Asst. Appellate Defenders, and Michael F. Royster, Pilot Mountain, for the defendant-appellant.

COPELAND, Justice.

GUILT PHASE

I.

Defendant first contends that he was denied a fair trial as a result of the prosecutor's remarks during closing argument at the guilt phase of the trial. He points specifically to the following statements:

... the reality of this case hit me. We are talking about real people. By your verdict in this matter you are going to be saying to these real people what you think of what you have heard here...

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