State v. Gordon

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

State v. Gordon

182 S.E.2d 14, 12 N.C. App. 38, 1971 N.C. App. LEXIS 1275

CourtCourt of Appeals of North Carolina

DecidedJuly 14, 1971

DocketNo. 7117SC406

StatusPublished

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State v. Gordon, 182 S.E.2d 14, 12 N.C. App. 38, 1971 N.C. App. LEXIS 1275 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971).

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Opinion

HEDRICK, Judge.

By his one assignment of error, the defendant contends that the trial judge violated the provisions of G.S. 1-180 in his charge to the jury by failing to give equal stress to the contentions of the defendant and the State. Although the defendant cross-examined the State’s witnesses, he presented no evidence of his own.

Prom a careful reading of the charge in light of the fact that all of the evidence offered at the trial was presented by the State, it is our opinion that the court did not violate the requirements of G.S. 1-180, but gave adequate stress to the contentions of the defendant and the State. State v. Smith, 238 N.C. 82, 76 S.E. 2d 363 (1953) ; State v. Roman, 235 N.C. 627, 70 S.E. 2d 857 (1952).

In the trial below we find no error.

No error.

Chief Judge Mallard and Judge Campbell concur.

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