State v. Collins
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partStroud, Judge
*489I concur with the majority in vacating three of Defendant's convictions, but I dissent because I believe that all four indictments failed to confer jurisdiction upon the superior court.
The evidence against Defendant is disturbing and compelling, and he has been found guilty of raping a child four times. Any reasonable person would want him punished and removed from society so that he may not have an opportunity to hurt another child in any way. But this is just the sort of case in which "we must bear in mind Lord Campbell's caution: 'Hard cases must not make bad laws.' " Shearin v. Lloyd, 246…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Shearin v. LloydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
- Mast v. Sapp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- State v. DellingerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
- State v. EverettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
- Lee v. GoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2011
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