State v. Harris

MARTIN, Justice.

Defendant brings forth twelve assignments of error with respect to his trial. For the reasons stated below, we hold that defendant received a fair trial free from prejudicial error.

The state’s evidence tended to show the following:

On the evening of 5 April 1987 defendant and his housemate Eddie Neil patronized Jerry’s Lounge, a bar on Old Cherry Point Highway near New Bern. Defendant and Neil soon became acquainted with another patron — the victim, Ernest Hardy. The men conversed while defendant and Hardy took turns buying rounds of drinks. Throughout the evening, Hardy…