State v. Mills

WELLS, Judge.

In his first assignment of error, defendant contends that the court erred in denying his motion to sequester the State’s witnesses. We disagree. The rule in this State is that a motion to sequester witnesses is addressed to the discretion of the trial court, and the court’s denial of the motion will not be disturbed absent a showing of abuse. State v. Woods, 307 N.C. 213, 297 S.E. 2d 574 (1982). The defendant here argues that the State’s primary witnesses were related and that there was a greater risk that they would conform their testimony. However, since each witness testified…