STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 8714SC140.

360 S.E.2d 125 (1987)

87 N.C. App. 125

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Lee KNIGHT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard L. Griffin, Asheville, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Asst. Appellate Defender Leland Q. Towns, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


MARTIN, Judge.

In this appeal defendant asserts that the trial court erred by permitting the State to elicit certain testimony from three of its witnesses, by denying his motions for mistrial and for dismissal of the charges, and by refusing to give certain instructions to the jury. He also contends that the court committed error in the sentencing proceeding. We find no prejudicial error.

At trial, the State offered evidence tending to show that on the night...

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