State v. Campbell

BRITT, Judge.

By his first assignment of error defendant contends that the trial court erred in limiting defense counsel’s jury argument to thirty minutes. The assignment of error is sustained.

The record reveals that before jury arguments began defendant’s attorney requested one hour within which to argue the three felony cases against his client. The record further reveals that the court “in its discretion sets a time limit of thirty minutes to each side to which the defendant objects and excepts.”

Article IV, Sec. 13(2) of the Constitution of North Carolina provides in pertinent part as…