Legal Opinion
State v. Forte
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 5, 2006No. 20A04PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMUNDS, Justice.
Defendant Linwood Earl Forte was indicted for three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree rape, three counts of first-degree burglary, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, first-degree arson, and burning of personal property. The charges were consolidated for trial, which began on 8 September 2003. At the close of the evidence, the charges of attempted first-degree murder and burning of personal property were dismissed.
On 30 September 2003, defendant was convicted of three counts of…
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- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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