State v. Hunt

323 S.E.2d 490 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

L.J. HUNT.

No. 8316SC1210.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 28, 1984.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by T. Byron Smith, Associate Atty. Gen., Goldsboro, for the State.

James R. Glover, Appellate Defender Clinic, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina School of Law, for defendant-appellant.

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

The initial issue raised on appeal is whether the pre-trial silence of defendant was properly used to impeach his in-court testimony. Defendant argues that allowing himself to be cross examined violates defendant's due process rights…