STATE v. LAMB

No. 136PA87.

365 S.E.2d 600 (1988)

STATE of North Carolina v. Ruby Lawless LAMB.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Laura E. Crumpler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State-appellant.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Daniel R. Pollitt, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of the second-degree murder of her husband. Defendant reasserts before this Court four of the five arguments she made to the Court of Appeals, specifically that the trial court committed prejudicial error (1) in admonishing a witness, out of the presence of the jury but in the presence of other witnesses, that she could be subject to perjury and contempt of court because of her testimony; (2) in denying defendant's motion to...

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