STATE v. GREENHILL

No. 8314SC872.

311 S.E.2d 641 (1984)

STATE of North Carolina v. Raymond Louis GREENHILL.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. David Roy Blackwell, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Lorinzo L. Joyner, Raleigh, for defendant, appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the action of the trial court in permitting the State "to question the defendant about the details of prior convictions for similar assaults." He contends that the State's questions "tended to suggest that the defendant was predisposed to commit" offenses similar to that with which he was charged.

The law is well-settled that any witness, including the defendant in a criminal case, may be cross-examined for impeachment...

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