STATE v. PIERCE

No. COA98-916.

516 S.E.2d 916 (1999)

STATE of North Carolina v. Gene Edward PIERCE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Assistant Attorney General William B. Crumpler, for the State.

Moser, Schmidly, Mason & Roose, by Stephen S. Schmidly and Richard G. Roose, Asheboro, for defendant-appellant.


GREENE, Judge.

Gene Edward Pierce (Defendant) appeals from the trial court's order holding him in criminal contempt of court.

Defendant served as a juror on the criminal case of Freddie Carroll for driving while impaired (DWI) on 2 February 1998. Throughout the trial, and specifically at the conclusion of the trial, the presiding judge, Judge Preston Cornelius (Judge Cornelius), instructed the jury "not to discuss the case with anyone outside the courtroom...

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