Legal Opinion

State v. Norris

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 13, 1955No. 289PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHiggiNS, J.

The defendant assigns as error the court’s refusal to grant motions for judgment of nonsuit, to set aside the verdict, and to arrest the judgment. In addition, he claims errors in the admission of evidence over his objection, and in the court’s charge.

At the trial the defendant introduced testimony. By so doing he waived his right to bring forward on appeal his exception to the court’s refusal to grant his motion for nonsuit at the close of the State’s evidence. His later exception, however, challenges the sufficiency of the entire evidence to go to the jury. S. v. Norton, 222 N.C. 418, 23…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. State v. . BealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  2. State v. . CopeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
  3. State v. BealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  4. State v. . GardnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  5. Rawls v. . LuptonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927

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3Cited by55 opinions

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  2. State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
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  4. State v. McWilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  5. State v. FletcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

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