State v. Cozart

Decision Date08 April 1999
Docket NumberNo. 508P98.,508P98.
Citation534 S.E.2d 600,350 N.C. 311
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court
PartiesSTATE of North Carolina v. Hamilton Junior COZART.

Paul Pooley, Durham, for Cozart.

Teresa L. Harris, Associate Attorney General, Thomas H. Lock, District Attorney, for State.

Prior report: 131 N.C.App. 199, 505 S.E.2d 906.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 8th day of April 1999."

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  • State v. Garris
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • 15 d2 Julho d2 2008
    ...of attempted first-degree murder." State v. Cozart, 131 N.C.App. 199, 204, 505 S.E.2d 906, 910 (1998); disc. review denied, 350 N.C. 311, 534 S.E.2d 600 (1999), appeal dismissed, cert. denied, ___ N.C. ___, 651 S.E.2d 225 (2007). Furthermore, attempted first-degree murder includes premedita......
  • State v. Smith, No. COA08-1463 (N.C. App. 6/2/2009)
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • 2 d2 Junho d2 2009
    ...commission of the completed offense. State v. Cozart, 131 N.C. App. 199, 202-203, 505 S.E.2d 906, 909 (1998), dis. rev. den., 350 N.C. 311, 534 S.E.2d 600 (1999), appeal dismissed and cert. denied, ___ N.C. ___, 651 S.E.2d 225 (2007); see also State v. Collins, 334 N.C. 54, 60, 431 S.E.2d 1......
  • State v. Coble, No. 446PA99.
    • United States
    • North Carolina Supreme Court
    • 7 d5 Abril d5 2000
    ... ... Nevertheless, because our appellate courts have indirectly referenced this purported crime on several occasions, see State v. Smith, 347 N.C. 453, 463, 496 S.E.2d 357, 363, cert. denied, 525 U.S. 845, 119 S.Ct. 113, 142 L.Ed.2d 91 (1998), State v. Cozart, 131 N.C.App. 199, 203, 505 S.E.2d 906, 909-10 (1998), disc. rev. denied, 350 N.C. 311, ___ S.E.2d ___ (1999), State v. Lea, 126 N.C.App. 440, 445, 485 S.E.2d 874, 877, the prosecutor's decision here to seek a verdict of attempted second-degree murder, and the trial court's decision to instruct the ... ...
  • State Carolina v. Teague
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • 4 d2 Outubro d2 2011
    ...115, 118, 539 S.E.2d 25, 28 (2000); State v. Cozart, 131 N.C.App. 199, 202, 505 S.E.2d 906, 909 (1998), disc. review denied, 350 N.C. 311, 534 S.E.2d 600 (1999). Here, the direct evidence and reasonable inferences from the circumstantial evidence put forth by the State showed that defendant......
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