STATE v. HANTON

No. COA99-1422.

540 S.E.2d 376 (2000)

STATE of North Carolina v. Lawrence HANTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., by Assistant Appellate Defender Anne M. Gomez, for defendant-appellant.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Special Deputy Attorney General H. Alan Pell, for the State.


HORTON, Judge.

Defendant argues that the trial court erred by (I) giving an incorrect instruction on the State's burden of proof; (II) denying defendant's motion for a continuance; (III) allowing two State's witnesses to testify about defendant's invocation of the right to remain silent; (IV) overruling defendant's objections to highly prejudicial evidence that he was involved in narcotics; and (V) incorrectly determining defendant's prior record level. We disagree...

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