STATE v. FLANNIGAN

No. 8512SC289.

338 S.E.2d 109 (1985)

78 N.C. App. 629

STATE of North Carolina v. Thomas FLANNIGAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Edmond W. Caldwell, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Leland Q. Towns, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

The prejudicial effect of the prosecutor's questions to defendant about sexually abusing his 5 year old daughter is too obvious for discussion, and the only question presented in regard thereto is whether the court erred in permitting the questions to be asked and in refusing to instruct the jury to disregard them. That the questions concerned specific acts by defendant collateral to this case was no drawback. A defendant who takes the stand may be...

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