Legal Opinion

State v. Hewett

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 24, 1967No. 674PublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtParker, C.J.

Defendant through his counsel, Mr. Lee, assigns' as error that Judge Carr failed to- appoint counsel to represent defendant, an indigent, at the hearing before him, though the defendant had requested counsel, and that his failure to do so was a flagrant abuse of discretion. This assignment of error is overruled.

Ordinarily, the Supreme' Court will not consider questions not-properly presented by objections'duly made, exceptions duly entered, and assignments of error properly set out, though it may do so in exceptional circumstances in the exercise of its supervisory and- controlling…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Langnes v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by110 opinions

  1. Sorenson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  2. John Henry Hewett v. State of North Carolina, R. L. Turner, Warden, Central Prison, Jerry Ray Cassada v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  3. State v. StanleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  4. Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  5. State v. SparksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2008

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