State v. Barnes

EXUM, Justice.

The charges upon which defendant was convicted arose from the same incident as the cases of State v. Sylvester Joyner, 295 N.C. 55, 243 S.E. 2d 367 (1978); State v. Curmon, 295 N.C. 453, 245 S.E. 2d 503 (1978); and State v. Roderick Thomas Joyner, 295 N.C. 349, 255 S.E. 2d 390 (1979). Although we have given careful attention to each of defendant’s assignments of error, we do not discuss here those which raise questions already answered in the other cases. In assignments of error unique to this case, defendant argues the trial court committed prejudicial error by: (1) emphasizing…