Legal Opinion

State v. . Petry

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 31, 1946PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Williams, J., at June Criminal Term, 1945, of "Wake. Tbe defendant was tried upon a bill of indictment charging him with an assault, with intent to commit rape, upon one Martha Anne Midgette. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of an assault with intent to commit rape. From sentence of imprisonment predicated on the verdict the defendant appealed, assigning errors.

1Opinion of the CourtSchenck, J.

The defendant was convicted upon the charge of having committed an assault upon one Martha Anne Midgette, with the intent to commit rape upon the said Midgette, and judgment of imprisonment was pronounced, from which the defendant appealed to the Supreme Court, assigning errors.

This case can best be discussed by considering the exceptive assignments of error in the order set out in the appellant’s brief.

The first exceptive assignments of error set out in the appellant’s brief, which relate to the admission in evidence, over objection of the defendant, of a blouse contended by the State to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  2. State v. . ShepherdSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. State v. . BaxleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  5. State v. Mehaffey.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  2. State v. GoinesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  3. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  4. State v. BanksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  5. State v. SparksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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