State v. Culpepper

HEDRICK, Judge.

Although the record in these cases contains 573 pages in two volumes, and 44 assignments of error based on 147 exceptions, defendants have brought forward and argued in their brief only six assignments of error, all of which relate to the exclusion of testimony.

First, defendants argue that the trial judge erred in not allowing their expert witness, Harley June, to give his opinion that “the charred floor on the second floor of the building” was not caused by the use of an “accelerant” and that there was but one point of origin to the fire. The State offered the testimony of…