State v. . Hightower
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Bobbitt, J., at August Term, 1945, of Wilxes. No error. Criminal prosecution on bill of indictment charging that defendant •did kill and murder one William Bunker. Defendant and deceased were prisoners confined in a prison camp located in Wilkes County. Some time shortly prior to the homicide the defendant had been put in solitary confinement for a period of days.
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Appeal by defendant from Bobbitt, J., at August Term, 1945, of Wilxes. No error. Criminal prosecution on bill of indictment charging that defendant •did kill and murder one William Bunker. Defendant and deceased were prisoners confined in a prison camp located in Wilkes County. Some time shortly prior to the homicide the defendant had been put in solitary confinement for a period of days. He believed that this was due to the fact the deceased had reported to the prison officials certain acts of sex perversion by defendant. Being incensed thereby, he had made a number of threats against…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnhill, J.
The record contains seventy assignments of error. Of these, eleven are brought forward and noted in defendant’s brief. The others, in support of which no reason or argument is stated or authority cited, are deemed to be abandoned. Rule 28, 221 N. C., 562; S. v. Abernethy, 220 N. C., 226, 17 S. E. (2d), 25; S. v. Miller, 219 N. C., 514, 14 S. E. (2d), 522; S. v. Howley, 220 N. C., 113, 16 S. E. (2d), 705;. Bank v. Snow, 221 N. C., 14, 18 S. E. (2d), 711.
In its charge the court cautioned the jury they should consider the testimony of the defendant “in the light of his interest in your verdict,…
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