State v. Gardner

342 S.E.2d 872 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

John Edward GARDNER.

No. 528A85.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1986.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by George W. Boylan, Raleigh, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Louis D. Bilionis, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for our review is whether the trial court committed reversible error by prohibiting defense counsel from reading to the jury an excerpt from a Court of Appeals' opinion during his closing argument. Defendant…