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STATE v. BROOKS

No. 9226SC1163.

439 S.E.2d 234 (1994)

STATE of North Carolina v. Charles Franklin BROOKS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Gen. Michael F. Easley by Asst. Atty. Gen. LaVee Hamer Jackson, Raleigh, for State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., and Asst. Appellate Defender Susan G. White, Durham, for defendant-appellant.

COZORT, Judge.

Defendant Charles Franklin Brooks was convicted of second degree murder and received the maximum sentence of life in prison. We find the trial court erred by (1) allowing the State to cross-examine defendant regarding incidents of domestic violence against his wife; and (2) overruling defendant's objections to remarks made by the State in closing argument characterizing defendant as a "wife-abuser," "liquor-drinker," and "dope-smoker." We find the errors...

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