Legal Opinion
State v. Nguyen
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 18, 2006No. COA05-907PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELMORE, Judge.
Long Thanh Nguyen (defendant) was convicted of first degree murder and now appeals the judgment entered against him. The State’s evidence tended to show that defendant, who was born and educated in Vietnam, came to the United States in 2001 after his marriage to Thu Nguyet-Thi Doan (Thu). Defendant and Thu fought often about their marriage, and Thu had previously told defendant that she wanted to separate from him.
On the morning of 13 April 2003, defendant and Thu had been arguing. After a heated oral altercation, defendant began hitting Thu. Thu initially hit defendant back,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002
- State v. SyrianiSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
- State v. BaconSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
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3Cited by10 opinions
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