Legal Opinion

State v. Black

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided October 16, 2012No. COA11-1342PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Patricia Ann Black appeals from judgments entered on her convictions of various sex offenses involving three alleged victims. On appeal, she primarily contends that the trial court committed plain error in allowing one of the State’s expert witnesses to give testimony improperly vouching for the credibility of one of the prosecuting witnesses. Although we agree that admission of certain portions of the testimony was error, we hold that defendant has failed to demonstrate sufficient prejudice to establish plain error.

Facts

The State’s evidence tended to show the following…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. LawrenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2012
  2. State v. KennedySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
  3. State v. AlbertSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  4. State v. MacKSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  5. State v. StancilSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  3. State v. BettsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2019

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