State v. McNeil

MORRIS, Chief Judge.

By his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial judge improperly referred to the bills of indictment returned against him while informing prospective jurors about the case, and that the trial judge erred by reading the bills of indictment to the jury during his jury charge.

With respect to the trial judge’s opening remarks, defendant complains of the following portion:

The defendant, Clarence David McNeil, is charged in one bill of indictment with the felony possession with intent to sell and deliver a controlled substance, to wit: Phenmetra-zine, which…