Legal Opinion

State v. . Edwards

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 11, 1944PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDevim, J.

There was evidence sufficient to warrant submission of the case to the jury for an attempt to commit the offenses charged in the bills of indictment. The only assignment of error brought forward isi to the ruling of the court below in admitting in evidence, over objection, the testimony of another daughter of the defendant, an older sister of Margaret Mae Edwards, that within the past three years the defendant several times had made to her improper advances of a similar nature. This testimony was admitted by the court solely for the purpose of showing intent or guilty knowledge on the part of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. . StancillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
  2. State v. . BatsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. State v. . AddorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
  4. State v. . FerrellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
  5. State v. . HewettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. McClainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. Calaway v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. State of Iowa v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  5. State v. FowlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949

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