Court Opinion

ID: 9604993
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:29:15.68414+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:34.624252
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*159Justice WEBB
concurring.
I concur with the result reached by the majority but not with all its reasoning.
The majority says that it was harmless error to admit Dr. Mayer’s testimony that the defendant did not exhibit the symptoms of a person in a psychotic state. I would hold it was not error to admit this testimony. A witness may testify as to the mental condition or capacity of a person if he has had a chance to observe that person although the witness is not an expert in mental disorders. See 1 Henry Brandis, Jr., Brandis on North Carolina Evidence § 127 (3d ed. 1988).