Legal Opinion

State v. McGuire

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 20, 1979No. 57PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COPELAND, Justice.

For the reasons stated below, we find the defendants had a trial free from error.

This appeal concerns three defendants who submitted separate briefs to this Court. We will deal first with those assignments of error brought forth by both defendant McGuire and defendant Wellman. A contention made by defendant Wellman alone will then be discussed. Last we will examine those questions presented by defendant Ruff alone.

In their first assignment of error, defendant McGuire and defendant Wellman argue the trial court erred in denying their motions for severance and for a mistrial.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. United States v. William BentvenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. BlackstockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  2. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
  3. State v. WallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. State v. PartonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  5. State v. MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994

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