Legal Opinion
State v. Colson
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided October 2, 2007No. COA07-107PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
This Court granted Kendrick Donta Colson’s (“defendant”) petition for writ of certiorari to review judgment entered after a jury found him to be guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-87. We hold that defendant is entitled to a new trial.
I. Background
The State’s evidence tended to show that on 19 January 2003, defendant and an accomplice allegedly entered into a convenience store, pointed handguns at the owner and the owner’s father, and threatened to shoot both of them if the owner did not hand over his money. Three days later, on 22 January…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
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