Legal Opinion

State v. Covington

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided July 14, 1976No. 9PublishedCited by 222 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRANCH, Justice.

Appeal of Defendant Covington

Defendant Covington assigns as error the failure of the trial judge to find facts when he denied defendant’s motion to suppress the in-court identification testimony of the State’s witnesses, Coreene Jacobs, Wade Jacobs and Eula Hunt.

When defendants moved to suppress the in-court identification testimony of Coreene Jacobs, Wade Jacobs and Eula Hunt, the trial judge correctly conducted a voir dire hearing in the absence of the jury to determine its admissibility.

On voir dire, Mrs. Jacobs identified defendants McEachin, Covington and Richardson as…

2Cases cited105 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. State v. CutlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
  5. State v. WestbrookSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

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3Cited by222 opinions

  1. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  4. State v. HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  5. State v. FulcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978

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