State v. Willard

LAKE, Justice.

The defendant assigns as error the denial of his pretrial motion to sequester the witnesses for the State. He correctly concedes that this was a matter in the discretion of the trial court. State v. Felton, 283 N.C. 368, 196 S.E. 2d 239 (1973); State v. Cook, 280 N.C. 642, 187 S.E. 2d 104 (1972); State v. Yoes and Hale v. State, 271 N.C. 616, 641, 157 S.E. 2d 386 (1967); State v. Hamilton, 264 N.C. 277, 286, 141 S.E. 2d 506 (1965), cert. den., 384 U.S. 1020 (1966); Stansbury, North Carolina Evidence (Brandis Rev., 1973), § 20. Nothing in this record suggests abuse of discretion…