Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 2, 1984No. 305PA83PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRANCH, Chief Justice.
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the following finding by the trial judge may serve as an aggravating factor so as to warrant a more severe sentence under the Fair Sentencing Act: The defendant deliberately presented during the course of the trial evidence which he knew to be false about his presence on the day in question and deliberately presented false evidence concerning the statement attributed to him and obviously found by the jury to be false.
At early common law, every crime required a fixed penalty. 4 W. Blackstone, Commentaries 376 (J.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. GraysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. AhearnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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3Cited by22 opinions
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