State v. Mebane
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
COZORT, Judge.
Defendants Gregory Donnell Mebane and Frederick Wright were convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping. Defendants jointly assert the trial court committed reversible error in its rulings relating to jury selection and to evidentiary issues raised at trial. Additionally, defendant Wright raises separately two issues for determination regarding his motion for a jury view of the rape scene and his challenge of testimony by a State’s witness which tended to show his father had attempted to bribe the witness prior to trial. We conclude both defendants received a fair…
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