STATE v. WALKER

No. 398A86.

356 S.E.2d 344 (1987)

319 N.C. 651

STATE of North Carolina v. Jimmy Lee WALKER

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Barry S. McNeill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

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


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred by denying his motions for a mistrial because, during cross-examination of the defendant's wife, the prosecutor "persistently injected incompetent and prejudicial innuendo into the trial." We disagree and hold that the trial court did not err.

The State's evidence tended to show that the defendant, Jimmy Lee Walker, visited Tony Philbeck several times a week, sometimes with a mutual acquaintance...

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