Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
State v. . Farrell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 14, 1943PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partDevin, J.
Criminal prosecution on indictment charging the capital felony of rape.
On 23 March, 1943, defendant was arrested and imprisoned, charged with the rape of his stepdaughter, about 8 years of age. A term of criminal court then being in session, a bill of indictment was promptly returned by the grand jury.
The defendant being without means to employ counsel, the court, on Saturday, 27 March, 1943, assigned Hon. R. H. Sykes as counsel to represent him. The defendant was thereupon duly arraigned and entered his plea of "not guilty." (He was later permitted to withdraw this plea and enter a plea of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Knox County Council v. State Ex Rel. McCormickIndiana Supreme Court · 1940
- North v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Commonwealth v. O'KeefeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. TolleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- State v. McFaddenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- State v. CradleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
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