Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided July 15, 1809PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Franklin. The Defendant was indicted in the County Court of Franklin, and acquitted. The Solicitor for the State appealed to the Superior Court, and the transcript of the record being filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, it was moved on behalf of the Defendant, that the appeal be dismissed, on the ground that the State is not entitled to an appeal. The case was sent to this Court for the opinion of the Judges, and

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court

The State, in a criminal prosecution, is not entitled to an appeal under any of the provisions of the act of Assembly regulating appeals : this appeal, therefore, must be dismissed.

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. . McCollumSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  2. State v. . OstwaltSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
  3. State v. . SaverySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
  4. State v. . NicholsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
  5. State v. . HaddockSuperior Court of North Carolina · 1802

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