State v. Najewicz

JOHN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of one count of first degree rape. He contends the trial court erred by: (1) prohibiting questioning of the prosecuting witness regarding whether she had ever previously claimed to have been raped or sexually harassed; (2) allowing the prosecution to impeach his trial testimony with a transcript of his testimony from an in camera hearing conducted pursuant to N.C.R. Evid. 412; (3) failing to make inquiry of the jury as to whether it had prematurely begun deliberations; (4) not allowing a defense witness to answer whether defendant was “capable of raping…