Legal Opinion
State v. Mathis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 31, 1998No. 10PA98PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, Chief Justice.
The questions presented for review by the State’s petition for writ of certiorari involve whether the Court of Appeals, in ordering a new trial, improperly construed the common law powers of bail bondsmen to allow them to break into a residence and use force against a third party when searching for their principal. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Defendants Charles Timothy Mathis and Barak Elliot Williamson were charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering. Mathis was also charged with misdemeanor assault on a female and…
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