Legal Opinion

State v. Turner

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 23, 1972No. 7219SC72PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROCK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error that the trial judge allowed the following question and answer by the State’s witness, Patrolman McAbee:

“Q. They were communicating in some manner with one another?

A. Yes sir.”

It seems that the State’s case would have been equally as strong had the question not been asked; however, we fail to see how the question and answer could be prejudicial to defendant. Immediately preceding the question and answer, the witness testified:

“The Corvette and the Pontiac were sitting side by side at the light, and there was some hollering between the occupants of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. SpeightsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dawes v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Jernigan v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978

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