Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 1, 1980No. 100PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, Justice.

Defendant Sam Williams requests that we review the record as a whole for error in his trial. Defendant Tony Williams submits four assignments of error. We have reviewed the record as a whole for both defendants and have carefully examined the four questions defendant Tony Williams brings forward and find no error in either defendant’s case.

I

Defendant Tony Williams, the son, first asserts that the trial court committed error by failing to instruct the jury on the law of “aiding and abetting” as required by the evidence in the case.

In pertinent part, the trial court instructed…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. State v. JoynerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  2. State v. SandersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  3. State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  4. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  5. State v. McEachernSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  3. State v. RoacheSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2004
  4. State v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1991
  5. State v. CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981

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