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    "judges": [
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        "text": "MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.\nDefendant was convicted on proper bills of indictment of attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. On appeal he contends that the court erred in repeating a portion of its charge on conspiracy. The trial judge repeated the final mandate to the jury on the conspiracy charge, practically verbatim. He prefaced the repetition as follows: \u201cNow, Members of the Jury, I\u2019m going to summarize that charge to you again.\u201d The record fails to disclose any prejudice to defendant by the repetition. There are many reasons why a trial judge may repeat a part of the charge: he may feel that he spoke too softly or that a noise interfered with the jury\u2019s ability to hear what he said; he may have noticed that a juror was not paying attention to his instructions or that there was an expression of puzzlement or confusion on a juror\u2019s face. The trial judge has wide discretion in how he charges the jury. In the absence of a showing of prejudice or manifest abuse of discretion, we will not disturb the verdicts for this reason. See Miller v. Greenwood, 218 N.C. 146, 10 S.E. 2d 708 (1940).\nNor do we find that the repetition constitutes an expression of opinion by the court upon the evidence. Defendant was not deprived of a fair and impartial trial. State v. Greene, 285 N.C. 482, 206 S.E. 2d 229 (1974); N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 15A-1232 (1978).\nDefendant also argues that the court expressed an opinion on the evidence in the following part of the charge:\nOne of the contentions of the State is that the defendant, Murray, is guilty of a charge of attempted robbery with a firearm as a co-conspirator even though he did not personally participate in any of the acts constituting the alleged attempted robbery. If the defendant was a party to the conspiracy as a party to the conspiracy, he would be equally guilty as a principal with the other participants in the commission of the crimes contemplated by the conspiracy. It makes no difference that the defendant was not personally present when those crimes were committed. For once a conspiracy is shown each conspirator is responsible for all acts committed by the other in execution of the common purpose which are a natural or probable consequence of the unlawful combination or undertaking. Even though such acts are not intended or contemplated as a part of the original design.\nThe argument is meritless. Our Supreme Court approved a substantially identical charge in State v. Smith, 221 N.C. 400, 20 S.E. 2d 360 (1942). See also State v. Bindyke, 288 N.C. 608, 220 S.E. 2d 521 (1975); State v. Grier, 30 N.C. App. 281, 227 S.E. 2d 126 (1976).\nFinally, defendant contends that the court committed error by gesturing or pointing his finger at the jury during his charge. The record contains no evidence or finding that the court gestured during the charge. Assuming that the court did use gestures in instructing the jury, no inference of impropriety arises therefrom. Appellant would have to show on appeal that such actions resulted in prejudice to him, depriving him of a fair and impartial trial. State v. Greene, supra.\nNo error.\nJudges Hedrick and Clark concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Edmisten, by Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Ziko, for the State.",
      "Louis Jordan for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. FRANKLIN EARL MURRAY\nNo. 814SC561\n(Filed 1 December 1981)\nCriminal Law \u00a7 114.3\u2014 repetition of jury charge \u2014no prejudicial error\nWhere defendant was convicted of attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and the trial judge repeated the final mandate to the jury on the conspiracy charge, prefacing the repetition as follows: \u201cNow, Members of the Jury, I\u2019m going to summarize that charge to you again,\u201d the repetition did not constitute an expression of opinion by the court upon the evidence and the record failed to disclose any prejudice to defendant by the repetition. N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7 15A-1232.\nAppeal by defendant from Rouse, Judge. Judgments entered 30 September 1980 in Superior Court, Duplin County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 12 November 1981.\nAttorney General Edmisten, by Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Ziko, for the State.\nLouis Jordan for defendant appellant."
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