State v. Easterling

EXUM, Justice.

By this appeal defendant, an indigent, raises numerous assignments of error. The most important of these relate to the adequacy of defendant’s representation provided by the State under G.S. 7A-450(b), and to the permissible bounds of the charge which may be given by the trial court .to a jury which appears stalled in its deliberations. We find no prejudicial error in any aspect of defendant’s trial and we affirm his conviction.

The State’s evidence tended to show that the deceased, Harlee Leak, was found in his apartment bleeding from a fatal wound about 1:00 a.m. on the morning…