State v. Leach, 660
| Decision Date | 16 December 1964 |
| Docket Number | No. 660,660 |
| Citation | 139 S.E.2d 257,263 N.C. 242 |
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Parties | STATE of North Carolina v. James Thomas LEACH and Arthur Leroy Legette. |
Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard T. Sanders, for the State.
Rudolph L. Edwards, Durham, for James Thomas Leach, defendant.
Lina Lee S. Stout, Durham, for Arthur Leroy Legette, defendant.
Although defendants' primary defense was an alibi, his Honor inadvertently failed to charge on this substantive feature of the case. Defendants are entitled to have had the court apply the law to their evidence with respect to alibi. Under the authority of State v. Gammons, 258 N.C. 522, 128 S.E.2d 860, and State v. Spencer, 256 N.C. 487, 124 S.E.2d 175, defendants have the right to a new trial and it is so ordered.
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State v. Woods
...entitled to such instruction without specifically requesting it. State v. Vance, 277 N.C. 345, 177 S.E.2d 389 (1970); State v. Leach, 263 N.C. 242, 139 S.E.2d 257 (1964); State v. Gammons, 258 N.C. 522, 128 S.E.2d 860 (1963); State v. Spencer, 256 N.C. 487, 124 S.E.2d 175 'In State v. Hunt,......
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State v. Hunt
...of this Court support defendant's position. State v. Vance, 277 N.C. 345, 347--348, 177 S.E.2d 389, 390--391 (1970); State v. Leach, 263 N.C. 242, 139 S.E.2d 257 (1964); State v. Gammons, 258 N.C. 522, 524, 128 S.E.2d 860, 862 (1963); State v. Spencer, 256 N.C. 487, 488--489, 124 S.E.2d 175......
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State v. Shore
...was entitled to such instruction without specially requesting it. State v. Vance, 277 N.C. 345, 177 S.E.2d 389 (1970); State v. Leach, 263 N.C. 242, 139 S.E.2d 257 (1964); State v. Gammons, 258 N.C. 522, 128 S.E.2d 860 (1963); State v. Spencer, 256 N.C. 487, 124 S.E.2d 175 In State v. Hunt,......
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State v. Carter, 7426SC807
...error, even if defendant had not specifically requested the instruction. State v. Vance, 277 N.C. 345, 177 S.E.2d 389; State v. Leach, 263 N.C. 242, 139 S.E.2d 257; State v. Gammons, 258 N.C. 522, 128 S.E.2d 860; State v. Spencer, 256 N.C. 487, 124 S.E.2d 175; State v. Melton, 187 N.C. 481,......
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