Legal Opinion

State v. Barts

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 2, 1987No. 370A84Published

1Opinion of the Court

362 S.E.2d 235 (1987)

321 N.C. 170

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Earl Jackson BARTS.

No. 370A84.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 2, 1987.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Charles M. Hensey, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Lee W. Settle, Mebane and Robert E. Collins, Graham, for defendant.

MARTIN, Justice.

On 20 November 1983 the body of Richard Braxton, aged seventy-four, was discovered on the porch of his Alamance County farmhouse. His face and head were battered and covered with blood and both eyes were blackened. An autopsy performed by Dr. Robert Anthony, assistant chief…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Green v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. PinchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. State v. WestbrookSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  5. Asam v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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