State v. Crabtree

Supreme Court of North Carolina September 29, 2017

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 372A16

Filed 29 September 2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

v. WILLIAM CLIFTON CRABTREE, SR.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 790 S.E.2d 709 (2016), finding no error in part and no prejudicial error in part in judgments entered on 19 March 2015 by Judge Beecher R. Gray in Superior Court, Person County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 30 August 2017.

Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Natalie Whiteman Bacon and Tracy

Nayer, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State.

Mark Montgomery for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

Reference

Status: Published
Syllabus: Whether the trial court committed plain error by admitting expert testimony vouching for the credibility of the victim-witness in a trial for first-degree sexual offense with a child under the age of thirteen, crime against nature, and indecent liberties with a child.