Legal Opinion

State v. Hines

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided May 1, 2018No. COA17-968Published

1Opinion of the Court

BRYANT, Judge.

*359 Where defendant's admitted that he was the driver of the vehicle, and the State presented sufficient independent corroborating evidence that defendant was the driver of the vehicle, the corpus delicti rule is satisfied and the State did not err in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the charges against him. We find no error in the judgments of the trial court.

Around 10:00 p.m. on 9 April 2016, volunteer firefighter Brent Driver ("Brent") was off duty when he saw an unknown female standing in the middle of the road waving her arms back and forth on Princeton Kenly Road in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. FritschSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
  2. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  3. State v. BarnesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  4. State v. ParkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  5. State v. McKinnonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982

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