State v. Locklear

237 S.E.2d 289 (1977)

34 N.C. App. 37

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Dixon LOCKLEAR.

No. 7716SC216.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 7, 1977.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Jane Rankin Thompson, Raleigh, for the State.

James D. Little, Fayetteville, for defendant-appellant.

CLARK, Judge.

We find no merit in the assignments of error relating to trial and verdict. The sole assignment of error which merits discussion concerns the sentencing procedure.

After verdict the State called as a witness a deputy sheriff. He testified, over defendant's objection, that he had developed a…