"[W]e must defer to the trial court's judgment as to whether the prospective juror could impartially follow the law. State v. Bowman, 349 N.C. 459, 471, 509 S.E.2d 428, 436 (1998), cert. denied, 527 U.S. 1040, 144 L. Ed. 2d 802 (1999).
N.c. Ct. App. Leg. Stand., CRIMINAL - TRIAL MATTERS, Jury matters