Legal Opinion
State v. Kerley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 1, 1957No. 364PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBobbitt, J.
The State’s witnesses, Church and Crooks, testified that they had not previously known either Powell or Kerley. True, their testimony may have been less reliable by reason of their own admitted criminal records. Even so, their testimony was sufficient in all respects to support the verdict of guilty as charged. The weight to be given their testimony was for the jury. Plence, the motion for judgment of nonsuit was properly overruled.
However, we are constrained to hold that assignment of error #5, based on exception #8, is well taken.
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Delli Paoli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Kirby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. FalconeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- United States v. TonerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- William L. Babb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by40 opinions
- State v. FoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- State v. PotterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- State v. CameronSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
- People v. SullivanIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Kwallek v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
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