Legal Opinion

State v. Small

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 1, 1976No. 7618SC570PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to grant his motion for nonsuit on the second charge of rape. We find no merit in this assignment.

Defendant appears to argue that the second incident of sexual intercourse complained of was only a continuation of the first incident, hence the evidence tended to show only one offense. While defendant does not cite, and our research does not disclose, any case from this jurisdiction which we consider directly on point, we think the principle stated in State v. Johnson, 212 N.C. 566, 194 S.E. 319 (1937), is applicable here.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  2. State v. VestalSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  3. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  4. State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  5. State v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. DudleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1987
  2. Hewes v. WolfeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
  3. State v. LancasterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
  4. State v. MidyetteCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  5. State v. Cortes-SerranoCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2009

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