State v. Dixon, 247

Decision Date03 November 1965
Docket NumberNo. 247,247
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court
PartiesSTATE, v. George DIXON.

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harry W. McGalliard, for the State.

Thomas G. Dill and Roy C. Boddie, Rocky Mount, for defendant.

PER CURIAM.

It having been suggested that the defendant has died since appeal herein was docketed and argued in this Court, the action stands abated and the appeal must be dismissed. It is so ordered. In re LeFevre, 243 N.C. 714, 91 S.E.2d 926; 24 A C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1825(3), page 483.

Action abated; appeal dismissed.

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