Further, the court's remark was one of fact and not one of opinion. The jury had in fact just convicted the defendant of three offenses. The statement was not one of opinion and it did not prejudice the defendant's case. Defendant next assigns error to the denial of his motion to continue the habitual felon phase of the trial in order to impanel a new jury. N.C. Gen. Stat.
Defendant presents no evidence to show that the jury was improperly impaneled.
Thus, defendant's motion to continue in order to re-impanel the jury was properly denied. Defendant's final assignment of error is the court's denial of his motion to conduct a formal arraignment on the charge of being an habitual felon. The failure to conduct a formal arraignment itself is not reversible error. The purpose of an arraignment is to allow a defendant to enter a plea and have the charges read or summarized to him and the failure to do so is not prejudicial error unless defendant objects and states that he is not properly informed of the charges. This matter came on for trial on 4 October 1994.