Legal Opinion

State v. Wrenn

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 5, 1986No. 383A84PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant was charged in separate bills of indictment with first-degree sexual offense in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-27.4(a)(2) and first-degree burglary in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-51. Evidence for the State tended to show that in the early morning hours of 5 January 1984, victim 1 was awakened when she felt someone lying on her back. She also felt the barrel of a revolver placed at her right temple. The man, defendant in this case, told the victim to roll over and then proceeded to insert one of his fingers into victim’s vagina several times. Defendant also forced victim to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. State v. OdomSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  4. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  5. State v. TippettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Moore v. EvansCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1996
  2. State v. FletcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
  3. State v. BromfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
  4. State v. CorpeningCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State v. CottrellCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2014

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