STATE v. WHALEY

No. 440PA06.

655 S.E.2d 388 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jane Brock WHALEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General, and Elizabeth Leonard McKay, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Long Parker Warren & Jones, P.A., by Robert B. Long, Jr. and William A. Parker, Asheville; Dameron, Burgin, Parker, Lorenz & Jackson, P.A., by Phillip T. Jackson, Marion; and Rabinowitz Boudin Standard Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., by Eric Lieberman, New York City, for defendant-appellant.


BRADY, Justice.

The sole issue before us is whether the Court of Appeals erred when it concluded the trial court properly excluded certain testimony and evidence during cross-examination intended to call into question the credibility of the victim. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On 19 December 2003, a criminal summons was issued charging defendant, Jane Brock Whaley, with committing simple assault in violation of N.C.G.S. &...

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