STATE v. BUSSEY

No. 712A86.

361 S.E.2d 564 (1987)

321 N.C. 92

STATE of North Carolina v. Norville BUSSEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Steven F. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the state.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Geoffrey C. Mangum, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant.


MARTIN, Justice.

For the reasons stated below, we find the defendant's assignment of error to be without merit and hold that he received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error.

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