Legal Opinion
State v. Haywood
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 28, 1978No. 83PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHARP, Chief Justice.
We examine first defendants’ assignment of error No. 14, that the trial court erred in denying their respective motions for judgments as of nonsuit, made at the close of all the evidence. G.S. 15-173 (1975). We consider this assignment under the established rule that upon a motion to nonsuit the trial court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, take it as true, and give the State the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn from it. State v. Goines, 273 N.C. 509, 160 S.E. 2d 469 (1968).
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2Cases cited39 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Donnelly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by44 opinions
- State v. ArtisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
- Laumer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. JollySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. DeFreitasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. WaldenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
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