Legal Opinion

State v. Harris

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 17, 1975No. 7512SC631Published

1Opinion of the Court

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court failed to give equal emphasis to his evidence and contentions. We disagree.

In support of his contention defendant argues that the court summarized the evidence of each of the State’s witnesses but did not summarize the evidence of each defense witness. The court fairly summarized defendant’s evidence and we fail to see that unequal emphasis was given defendant’s evidence because the testimony of each individual witness was not summarized in detail.

The equal stress which is required to be given to the contentions of the State and the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. State v. LovedahlCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1968

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