Legal Opinion
State v. Irwin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 6, 1981No. 26PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRITT, Justice.
Phase I — Guilt Determination
A. Felony-Murder
Defendant assigns as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the charge of first-degree murder based on the felony murder rule. He argues that the evidence was not sufficient to support a verdict based on that rule. There is no merit in this assignment.
G.S. 14-17 provides in pertinent part: “A murder . . . which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any . . . robbery . . . committed or attempted with the use of a deadly weapon, shall be deemed to be murder in the first degree,
The evidence…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Califano v. YamasakiSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- State v. BarfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
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3Cited by208 opinions
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- State v. GreenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
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