STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 498A93.

473 S.E.2d 596 (1996)

344 N.C. 31

STATE of North Carolina v. Leander TAYLOR and Bennie Lee Taylor, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Gail E. Weis, Associate Attorney General, for State.

Donnie R. Taylor, Ahoskie, for defendant-appellant Leander Taylor.

A. Jackson Warmack, Jr., Rich Square, for defendant-appellant Bennie Lee Taylor, Jr.


WEBB, Justice.

Each defendant first assigns error to what he says is the trial court's continuous expressions of opinion on the evidence and its disparagement of the defendants' attorneys. They cite numerous incidents which they say prove this error.

At one point during the cross-examination of a witness, a dispute arose as to previous testimony by the witness. The court excused the jury and conducted a hearing as to what the witness had said. At the end of...

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