State v. Stewart

MALLARD, Chief Judge.

The defendant’s first assignment of error is that the trial court erred “in allowing the State to continually recall witnesses over objection by defendant.” The record reveals that one State’s witness testified four different times, another witness testified three different times, and another witness testified on two different occasions. The rule is that the recalling of witnesses ordinarily rests in the sound discretion of the trial judge. See State v. Bentley, 1 N.C. App. 365, 161 S.E. 2d 650 (1968) and 98 C.J.S., Witnesses, § 365. In Moore v. Bezalla, 241 N.C. 190, 84…