State v. Rogers

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

I. Guilt-Innocence Phase

A. Pretrial Concerns

Defendant Carraway filed a pretrial pro se motion requesting an internal investigation into the conduct of Sergeant C. E. Boltinhouse, a detective with the Goldsboro Police Department. Her motion alleges that Sergeant Boltinhouse caused Jeffrey Dekeyser to fabricate his account of the 21 September Elm Street murder. Defendant Carraway’s first assignment of error contends that the trial court erred in failing to order the requested investigation.

This assignment of error, and others raised by both defendants, are based on the…