Legal Opinion

State v. Best

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided May 26, 1971No. 718SC48PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to sustain his motion for nonsuit. There was ample evidence to require submission of this case to the jury, and this assignment is overruled.

Defendant also assigns as error certain portions of the charge. He contends that the court improperly charged the jury on the offense of attempted common-law robbery and asserts that there was no evidence as a basis for such a charge. He contends that the evidence in the record supports only a charge of attempted armed robbery. We do not agree. The evidence of the State’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. PopeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. State v. McWilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  3. State v. . QuickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  5. State v. StaffordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. MannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  2. State v. JeffersonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  3. State v. HanfordCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972
  4. State v. MannSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986

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