State v. Young

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the court erred “in finding as fact and concluding as law that the prosecuting witness’s identification of defendant was not tainted and independent of any influence other than her observations on the night of the alleged crime.” This contention is without merit.

When the defendant challenged the testimony of Mrs. Kaufman, identifying the defendant as her assailant, the able trial judge followed precisely the procedure set out by Chief Justice Bobbitt in State v. Moore and State v. Accor, 277 N.C. 65, 175 S.E. 2d 583 (1970) by having a voir dire…