STATE v. KENNEDY

No. 658A86.

357 S.E.2d 359 (1987)

320 N.C. 20

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Edward KENNEDY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Jane Rankin Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Winston-Salem, for the State.

Cahoon & Swisher by Robert S. Cahoon and Daniel E. Smith, Greensboro, for defendant.


MARTIN, Justice.

After considering defendant's assignments of error, we conclude that defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error.

In summary, the state's evidence showed that on several occasions in 1985 defendant committed various sexual offenses against his daughter. As a result, the victim spent ten months in a psychiatric hospital and was also treated by medical doctors, psychologists, and social workers.

Defendant testified and...

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