Byrd v. State

Hall, Justice.

In 1975 in Chatham County, Byrd was convicted of rape and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. This is his appeal.

1. Byrd’s main contention is that the trial court erred with respect to the replaying to the jury of certain taped testimony after they had retired to deliberate. The jury asked to hear again a certain part of the prosecutrix’ identification evidence.

The transcript reveals the transaction as follows: "Note: (the jury returned to the courtroom.) The Court: I understand you want to hear some of. . .[prosecutrix’s] testimony, is that right? Juror: Yes, sir. The Court:…