Legal Opinion

State v. Pullen

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 20, 2004No. COA03-234PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Jarvis Pullen appeals from his conviction on two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. We hold that the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to dismiss, but that the court erred, under the Confrontation Clause, in admitting the out-of-court confession of a non-joined co-defendant. Although defendant moved to suppress the confession prior to trial, he failed to repeat his objection when the confession was ultimately offered into evidence and, therefore, failed to preserve his objection for appellate review. Based on our review of the record, we conclude…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. State v. OdomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  4. State v. LocklearSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  5. State v. ScottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Miller v. Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2005
  2. State v. CoxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  3. State v. GiddensCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2009
  4. State v. ShannonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  5. State v. LewisCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004

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