State v. Milby

BRITT, Justice.

Because of defendants’ failure to preserve for our review the other assignments of error which they presented to the Court of Appeals by bringing them forward in their new briefs, see N.C. R. App. P. 16, only one question is properly before this court for our consideration: Did the Court of Appeals commit error in awarding defendants new trials because of the introduction into evidence by the state of two handguns which had been seized at the time of their arrest? We conclude that the Court of Appeals was in error, and, accordingly, we reverse its decision.

The handguns in…