Legal Opinion

State v. Rollins

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided November 22, 1972No. 7227SC739Published

1Opinion of the Court

GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendant’s only assignment of error is to the overruling of his objection to the in-court identification testimony by Neill Barnes. This assignment of error is overruled.

A voir dire examination was conducted before the witness was permitted to identify defendant in court. Barnes testified on voir dire that several days after the robbery he went with police officers to a poolroom in Gastonia. They asked him to look around to see if he recognized anyone. After looking over 15 or 20 people inside the poolroom, Barnes pointed defendant out to officers as the man who committed the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. ReavesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972

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