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STATE v. DALTON

No. 336PA15.

794 S.E.2d 485 (2016)

STATE of North Carolina v. Melissa Amber DALTON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Jess D. Mekeel , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Ann B. Petersen , Chapel Hill, for defendant-appellee.

We consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the prosecutor's closing arguments exaggerating a defendant's likelihood of being released from civil commitment upon a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity constituted prejudicial error. We hold that the statements at issue were improper and prejudicial. Accordingly...

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