State v. Hatch

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendants assign error to the trial court’s denial of the jury’s request that the court reporter read back a portion of the testimony. There is no merit to this assignment; for as we said in State v. Crane, 11 N.C. App. 721, 182 S.E. 2d 225 (1971), it is discretionary with the court to grant or refuse the jury’s request for a restatement of the evidence. There is likewise no merit to the assignment of error to the court’s refusal of the jury’s request that additional testimony be taken. It is defendants’ contention that the request was denied, not in the exercise *150of discretion,…