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        "text": "BALEY, Judge.\nDefendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the credibility of witnesses and on his failure to testify. No request was made for these instructions. \u201c \u2018Where the charge fully instructs the jury on all substantive features of the case, defines and applies the law thereto, and states the contention of the parties, it complies with G.S. 1-180, and a party desiring further elaboration on a particular point ... or a charge on a subordinate feature of the case, must aptly tender request for special instruction.\u2019 \u201d State v. Hunt, 283 N.C. 617, 623, 197 S.E. 2d 513, 517; accord, State v. Guffey, 265 N.C. 331, 144 S.E. 2d 14; State v. Garrett, 5 N.C. App. 367, 168 S.E. 2d 479, cert. denied, 276 N.C. 85.\nIt is proper for the judge to charge the jury on the credibility of witnesses, in the absence of a request for such an instruction, but it is not mandatory that he do so. State v. McKinnon, 223 N.C. 160, 25 S.E. 2d 606; State v. Hardee, 6 N.C. App. 147, 169 S.E. 2d 533.\nIn the same way, the court is not required to give an instruction on the defendant\u2019s failure to testify when there has been no request for such an instruction. In fact, \u201c[o]rdi-narily, it would seem better to give no instruction concerning a defendant\u2019s failure to testify unless such an instruction is requested by defendant.\u201d State v. Barbour, 278 N.C. 449, 457, 180 S.E. 2d 115, 120.\nNo error.\nJudges Britt and Morris concur.",
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      "Attorney General Morgan, by Assistant Attorney General William F. O\u2019Connell, for the State.",
      "Moore, Diedrick & Whitaker, by L. G. Diedrick, for defendant appellcmt."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RALPH NETTLES\nNo. 737SC743\n(Filed 28 November 1973)\nCriminal Law \u00a7\u00a7 116, 117; Narcotics \u00a7 4.5\u2014 credibility of witnesses \u2014 failure of defendant to testify \u2014 requests for instructions required\nThe trial court in a prosecution for possession of heroin and LSD did not err in failing to instruct the jury on the credibility of witnesses and on defendant\u2019s failure to testify where defendant did not request such instructions.\nAppeal by defendant from Webb, Special Judge, 9 April 1973 Session of Superior Court held in Nash County.\nDefendant was tried in the Superior Court of Nash County for possession of heroin and LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) in violation of G.S. 90-95. He pled not guilty and was convicted by the jury.\nThe State\u2019s evidence tended to show that two police officers observed defendant standing at an intersection in the city of Rocky Mount and saw him drop from his hand two shiny objects which proved to be tinfoil packets. The packets were sent to the State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory where the contents were analyzed and found to be heroin and LSD.\nDefendant offered no evidence.\nFrom judgment imposing a sentence of five years, he has appealed.\nAttorney General Morgan, by Assistant Attorney General William F. O\u2019Connell, for the State.\nMoore, Diedrick & Whitaker, by L. G. Diedrick, for defendant appellcmt."
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