Legal Opinion
State v. Monk
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 12, 1975No. 26PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant was charged in separate bills of indictment with armed robbery and murder of Donnie P. Christian in New Hanover County on 5 April 1973. The murder indictment is proper in form and drawn in conformity with G.S. 15-144. The cases were consolidated for trial. The jury convicted defendant of murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to death.
The State offered ample evidence to carry the case to the jury and support a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. We deem it unnecessary to make a full recital of the facts since a new trial must be awarded for prejudicial error…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
- State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
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3Cited by160 opinions
- State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. BarfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. ArtisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
- State v. OliverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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