Legal Opinion

State v. . Brown

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 7, 1940PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ClaeksoN, J..The defendant’s case on appeal is defective in several respects in not complying, with tbe Rules of Practice in tbe Supreme Court, secs. 19 (3), 21, 27%, 28 — 192 N. C., 837. This being a criminal case with penalty of death, we will consider defendant’s contentions.

At tbe close of tbe State’s evidence and at tbe close of all tbe evidence, N. C. Code of 1939 (Micbie), sec. 4643, tbe defendant made a motion in tbe court below for judgment of nonsuit. Tbe motions were denied and in this we can see no error.

We repeat again, tbe well settled law in this jurisdiction: In S. v.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Rawls v. . LuptonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  2. State v. . LawrenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
  3. State v. . SigmonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  4. State v. . BittingsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
  5. State v. . BlackwelderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. . DavenportSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  2. State v. SandersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  3. State v. DavenportSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  4. State v. . McKinnonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  5. State v. SparksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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