Legal Opinion

State v. Sutton

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided January 17, 2017No. COA16-405Published

1Opinion of the Court

CALABRIA, Judge.

Where the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the State, demonstrated that defendant willfully and unlawfully refused to comply with security screening, the trial court did not err in denying his motions to dismiss the charge of resisting a public officer and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Where defendant offered no factual basis for his requested jury instructions, the trial court did not err in declining to instruct the jury as defendant requested. Even assuming that hearsay testimony was improperly admitted, its admission was not so grossly improper as…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. HennisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
  2. State v. FritschSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2000
  3. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
  4. State v. BarnesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State v. WitherspoonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977

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