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STATE v. BELL

No. COA05-1382.

633 S.E.2d 712 (2006)

STATE of North Carolina v. Norris Donnell BELL, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Heather H. Freeman, for the State.

Haral E. Carlin, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

"In all cases, civil or criminal, if no evidence is introduced by the defendant, the right to open and close the argument to the jury shall belong to him."1 Defendant argues that since he offered no evidence at his trial, the trial court erred by denying him the right to close argument to the jury. For the reasons given in State v. Shuler, 135 N.C. App. 449, 452-53, 520 S.E.2d 585

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