STATE v. SCOTT

No. 19A85.

333 S.E.2d 296 (1985)

314 N.C. 309

STATE of North Carolina v. Edward Carl SCOTT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Grayson G. Kelley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Adam Stein, Appellate Defender by Geoffrey C. Mangum, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleight for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether certain statements by the prosecutor in his closing argument to the jury resulted in reversible error. We conclude that they did and that the defendant must receive a new trial.

All of the charges for which the defendant was convicted arose from one fatal traffic accident. The defendant was indicted, pled not guilty, and was convicted by a jury for the felony of involuntary manslaughter...

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