State v. Knight
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Shaw, J., 10 June 1963 Regular Criminal Session, oif ROCKINGHAM. Criminal prosecution 'on a three-count indictment charging the defendants with (1) .non-iburglariously breaking anid entry, (2) larceny of a metal safe, of $75,000 in U. S. currency, .and of ¡stock and saouri-tiasof the value of $100,000, and (3) receiving.
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Appeal by defendant from Shaw, J., 10 June 1963 Regular Criminal Session, oif ROCKINGHAM. Criminal prosecution 'on a three-count indictment charging the defendants with (1) .non-iburglariously breaking anid entry, (2) larceny of a metal safe, of $75,000 in U. S. currency, .and of ¡stock and saouri-tiasof the value of $100,000, and (3) receiving. Before defendants .pleaded, the prosecuting ¡officer for .the State ¡announced in open court that he was putting the defendants ¡on trial on the first two counts in .the indictment ¡and not ¡on ¡tibe third ¡count charging receiving. Each defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
134 S.E.2d 101 (1964)
261 N.C. 17
STATE
v.
Gene KNIGHT and Joe Watkins.
No. 651.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
January 17, 1964.
T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Harry W. McGalliard, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.
Robert S. Cahoon and J. Owen Lindley, Greensboro, for defendant appellants.
PARKER, Justice.
Defendants assign as error the denial of their motion to quash the indictment, made in apt time before pleading to the indictment. They contend the indictment should be quashed for the following reasons: One, it is improper to charge them jointly in one indictment; two, the three counts of a…
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- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Commonwealth v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
- State v. . LevySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
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