Legal Opinion

State v. Foster

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 12, 1973No. 45PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUSKINS, Justice.

Upon the call of this case for trial defendant moved to dismiss it and seven other criminal cases pending against him on the ground that the State had failed to provide him a speedy-trial. Denial of the motion constitutes his first assignment of error.

We note from defendant’s brief that he has abandoned this assignment insofar as it pertains to the case before us but continues to assert the right to have seven other criminal cases pending against him dismissed under G.S. 15-10.

It suffices to say that defendant may not, in this action, assert motions pertaining to other cases.…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  5. State v. Marshall Norman HicksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  2. State v. BrittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  3. In Matter of RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
  4. State v. BrowerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
  5. State v. McKennaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976

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