STATE v. GARDNER

No. 528A85.

342 S.E.2d 872 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Edward GARDNER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by George W. Boylan, Raleigh, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Louis D. Bilionis, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for our review is whether the trial court committed reversible error by prohibiting defense counsel from reading to the jury an excerpt from a Court of Appeals' opinion during his closing argument. Defendant argues that the trial court's ruling was improper and prejudicial because it prevented him from presenting a complete defense. The burden of showing the trial court's error and its resulting prejudice is on defendant...

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