Legal Opinion
State v. Lester
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 29, 1976No. 57PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EXUM, Justice.
Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for judgment as of nonsuit. However his argument on this point is limited to the statement, “This is a formal assignment of error and is brought forward to preserve the record.” This assignment is abandoned. Rule 28, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Suffice it to say that there was plenary evidence that defendant murdered Robert Waller.
We deem it unnecessary to set out the facts in detail. In brief, evidence for the State tended to show: Defendant picked up two hitchhikers, Kent Wells and Robert'…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
- State v. HankersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
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- State v. MeltonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
- State v. PayneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. ElliottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1996
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