Legal Opinion

State v. . Chambers

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 7, 1940PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWiNBORNE, J.

The appellant assigns as error:

1. The charge of the court to the jury that “all of the evidence of the State tends to show that the house was occupied at the time of the alleged crime. Therefore, in this case you can return only one of two verdicts: Guilty of burglary in the first degree, or not guilty.”

2. The failure of the court to charge the jury that upon all the evidence one of three verdicts might be rendered by them, to wit: (1) Guilty of burglary in the first degree; (2) guilty of a nonburglarious breaking and entering of the dwelling house of another, with intent to commit a felony…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. . AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  2. State v. . NewsomeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
  3. State v. . RobinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  4. State v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  5. State v. . KeatonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  2. State v. JollySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  4. State v. BellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  5. State v. AccorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972

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