STATE v. RIVERS

No. 562A88.

380 S.E.2d 359 (1989)

324 N.C. 573

STATE of North Carolina v. Charlie Thomas RIVERS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Dennis P. Myers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender, by M. Patricia Devine, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried in a noncapital trial upon a proper indictment charging him with murder. The jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder, and the trial court entered judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for life.

On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court committed plain error requiring a new trial by failing to strike ex mero motu an answer given by a witness, during cross-examination by the defendant...

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