Legal Opinion
State v. Clifton
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 4, 1997No. COA95-1335PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAGLES, Judge.
Defendant fails to bring forward or argue assignments of error 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in her brief. These assignments of error are deemed abandoned pursuant to N.C.R. App. P. 28(a).
We first consider whether the trial court erred by allowing evidence of results of blood splatter experiments conducted by the State’s witness over defendant’s objection on the grounds that the experiments were not conducted under substantially similar circumstances to those prevailing at the time of the shooting and that the experiment was not relevant.
In order for experimental evidence to be…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Carlesi v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- State v. PattersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
- People v. BiggsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by11 opinions
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