Legal Opinion
State v. Oates
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided November 15, 1983No. 824SC1294PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
308 S.E.2d 507 (1983)
STATE of North Carolina
v.
Robert Earl OATES.
No. 824SC1294.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina.
November 15, 1983.
Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Roy A. Giles, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.
Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defenders Marc Towler and James H. Gold, Raleigh, for defendant.
BECTON, Judge.
We are once again presented with the issue of a prosecutor commenting during final argument upon the defendant's failure to testify. The private prosecutor asked, as reconstructed for the record by the trial court: "Why in the world did the defendant…
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