Legal Opinion

State v. Blizzard

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided April 5, 2005No. COA04-312PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

610 S.E.2d 245 (2005)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Melvin Lee BLIZZARD.

No. COA04-312.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 5, 2005.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Donald W. Laton, for the State.

Ligon and Hinton, by Lemuel W. Hinton, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

TYSON, Judge.

Melvin Lee Blizzard ("defendant") appeals from judgments entered after a jury returned guilty verdicts of: (1) first-degree rape; (2) first-degree burglary; and (3) first-degree kidnapping. The trial court arrested judgment on the first-degree kidnapping conviction and sentenced defendant under…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. OdomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  3. State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  4. State v. BraswellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  5. United States v. Milton L. McCaskillCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. State v. LawrenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2012
  2. State v. BaskinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
  3. State v. GlynnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006
  4. State v. AllenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
  5. State v. BoydCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012

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