State v. Hairston

MOOEE, Justice.

On appeal defendants set forth 21 assignments of error. Assignments Nos. 3, 11, 12 and 18 are not discussed in defend ants’ briefs and are therefore deemed abandoned. Rule 28, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 254 N.C. 783, 810 (1961). Nevertheless, since these are capital cases, these assignments have been carefully considered and found to be without merit.

Defendant McIntyre first assigns as error the court’s failure to provide him with counsel at the preliminary hearing. On 8 March 1971 McIntyre appeared before Judge Sherk of the District Court for a hearing to…