State v. Patterson

JOHNSON, Judge.

The issues on appeal are (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence that a sawed-off shotgun was found in the defendant’s car; (2) whether the trial court gave a biased summary of the evidence in its charge to the jury; and (3) whether the trial court violated G.S. 15A-1232 when instructing the jury regarding a witness’ assertion of the privilege not to incriminate himself.

The State’s evidence tended to show that Marie Tarver was robbed of her wallet and car keys by a young, slender, light skinned black male wearing a light colored shirt with a dark jacket, in a…