State v. Rogers

WEBB, Judge.

Defendant’s first assignment of error deals with the court’s denial of his motion that the jury be allowed to view the scene at the bridge. The trial judge has discretionary power to grant or refuse a request for a jury view of the premises. State v. Ross, 273 N.C. 498, 160 S.E. 2d 465 (1968); State v. Smith, 13 N.C. App. 583, 186 S.E. 2d 600 (1972). The defendant argues that the court abused its discretion in that the evidence showed the automobile was only eight feet from the end of the bridge when the deceased was thrown from the bridge and the evidence also showed the first 36…