STATE v. RIGGINS

No. 457A86.

361 S.E.2d 558 (1987)

321 N.C. 107

STATE of North Carolina, v. Gary Malone RIGGINS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Malcolm R. Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


FRYE, Justice.

The sole issue raised by defendant on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error when, at the request of the jury, it allowed a State witness to retake the stand without the court acknowledging to the jury that the witness' earlier testimony had been different. We find that the trial court did not err.

Summarily stated, the evidence introduced at defendant's trial showed that on...

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