Legal Opinion

State v. Lednum

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 7, 1981No. 8022SC995PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEDRICK, Judge.

In his first question presented, defendant argues that the trial judge

impermissibly commented on the evidence at trial... when he continuously refused to sustain the defendant’s objection to the State’s leading question and in turn sustained practically every objection made by the State for the same type of questions and otherwise made comments evidencing his bias towards the State’s case.

Those exceptions discussed under this question which refer solely to the judge’s ruling on evidence do not raise an issue as to whether the judge expressed an opinion in violation of G.S. §…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. CovingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  2. State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  3. State v. FreemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  4. State v. RoperCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
  5. State v. LeeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1977

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. SturdivantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  2. State v. TorainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  3. State v. GrahamCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  4. State v. SmallwoodCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
  5. State v. LongCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1994

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