STATE v. HANNAH

No. 523A84.

341 S.E.2d 514 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. James HANNAH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by John R.B. Matthis, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., and

Philip A. Telfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Acting Appellate Defender by David W. Dorey, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

Defendant seeks a new trial because of two alleged errors committed by the trial court. He first argues that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the prosecutor wide latitude when examining the prosecuting witness on direct examination. Secondly, defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that it could consider character evidence both as bearing on his credibility and as substantive evidence bearing directly...

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