Legal Opinion

State v. . Puckett

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 6, 1937PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClaRksoN, J.

First contention of defendant: After the verdict the defendant made a motion in the court below “that the judgment be arrested for the reason that the bill of indictment upon which the defendant was tried, is indefinite and uncertain, in the alternative, containing two theories upon which the State was to move, thereby depriving the defendant of his right to know upon which theory the State was moving and to prepare his defense accordingly, the motion in arrest of judgment being made because the bill charges the defendant killed Roy Rhyne ‘with premeditation and deliberation, and with malice…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. . DonnellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  3. State v. . AtwoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  4. Sherrill v. . Hood, Comr. of BanksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. LedfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  2. State v. GarnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995
  3. State v. . BiggsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  4. State v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  5. State v. . AbbottSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940

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