State v. Thompson

HIGGINS, Justice.

The appellant assigns as error the court’s failure to exclude:(1) The in-court identification of Thompson by the victim, Caldwell; (2) The articles recovered from the defendant’s room on the alleged grounds they were obtained by an illegal search. The defendant also assigned as error: (1) The refusal of the court to direct a verdict of not guilty at the close of the evidence; (2) The failure to order a mistrial because of the solicitor’s argument in which he expressed his personal opinion that the defendant and his witnesses were lying.

Mr. Caldwell had good opportunity to…