State v. Laws

BRITT, Judge.

By his first assignment of error defendant contends that the court violated G.S. 1-180 by expressing an opinion to the jury as to defendant’s guilt. Specifically, defendant contends that by asking leading questions of witnesses the court expressed an opinion.

The record indicates that only one of the questions covered by this assignment of error was asked in the presence of the jury, the remaining questions being asked during a voir dire examination in the absence of the jury. The questions asked in the absence of the jury clearly were not error. State v. Robbins, 275 N.C. 537,…