State v. Thomas

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant’s sole assignment of error relates to the admission, over objection, of the results of fingerprint comparisons made by SBI Agent Layton during an overnight recess in the course of the trial.

It appears from the record that defendant sent a letter to the district attorney on 27 August 1975 requesting voluntary discovery in certain areas as provided in G.S. 15A-902. The district attorney failed to comply with the request, and on 29 September 1975 defendant moved for a court order to force compliance. On that same day the trial judge issued an order requiring, among…