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STATE v. MCCARROLL

No. 925SC44.

428 S.E.2d 229 (1993)

109 N.C. App. 574

STATE of North Carolina v. Edward Lonnie McCARROLL and Cynthia Marie Watkins.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Jane Rankin Thompson, Raleigh, for State.

Nora Henry Hargrove, Wilmington, for defendant appellant Edward Lonnie McCarroll.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Asst. Appellate Defender Mark D. Montgomery, Raleigh, for defendant appellant Cynthia Marie Watkins.

LEWIS, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether defendants were denied their constitutional right to confront the witness against them when the trial court excluded testimony of a sexual nature under North Carolina's Rape Shield Statute. We are forced to agree that defendants were denied their constitutional right of confrontation and hereby remand this matter for a new trial.

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