Smith's Criminal Case Compendium
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Criminal Offenses
Drug Offenses
State v. Rogers, 236 N.C. App. 201 (Sept. 2, 2014)
The trial court committed reversible error by failing to instruct the jury to disregard evidence about the defendant’s habitual felon indictment when that evidence was elicited during the trial on the underlying charges. Although the trial court sustained defense counsel’s objection and instructed the jury to strike a portion of the testimony given by an officer, it was required to give a curative instruction as to additional testimony offered by the officer.