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STATE v. McLAMB

No. 8411SC11.

321 S.E.2d 225 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. Thomas Lattie McLAMB and Shirley Lang McLamb.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Davis, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Perry W. Martin and Donnie R. Taylor, Ahoskie, for defendants-appellants.

ARNOLD, Judge.

The defendants first contend that the trial court erred in allowing the State to cross-examine the defendants' character witness as to knowledge of the defendants' prior similar acts and in denying the defendants' motion for mistrial based on the cross-examination. It is well-established in North Carolina that a character witness may not be asked whether he has heard of particular acts of misconduct by the defendant. See State v. Hunt,

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