State v. Goode

HUSKINS, Justice.

We neither reach nor decide any of the constitutional questions raised on this appeal. In his brief filed in this Court, defendant presents five assignments of error. We find it necessary to discuss only one of them, to wit: Did the Court of Appeals err in concluding that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion when, at the close of the State’s evidence, he denied defense counsel’s request for a recess to confer with his client as to whether defendant should take the witness stand or otherwise offer evidence?

The record reveals that when the State rested its case, the…