State v. Snowden

Decision Date25 August 1975
Citation217 S.E.2d 675,288 N.C. 251
PartiesSTATE of North Carolina v. Roger John SNOWDEN, II, et al.
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty.Gen., Charles M. Hensey, Asst.Atty.Gen., for the State.

Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove, Kimzey, Mackie & Smith, for defendants.

Petition by the State of North Carolina for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, 26 N.C.App. 45, 215 S.E.2d 157. Denied.

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  • State v. Allison
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • August 5, 2003
    ...cert. denied, 355 N.C. 752, 565 S.E.2d 673 (2002); and State v. Snowden, 26 N.C. App. 45, 215 S.E.2d 157, cert. denied, 288 N.C. 251, 217 S.E.2d 675 (1975). Defendant also argues the prosecutor diminished the jury's role by suggesting that he would be paroled no matter what the jury's verdi......
  • State v. Cristobal, No. COA08-1511 (N.C. App. 8/4/2009), COA08-1511
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • August 4, 2009
    ...a mistaken assumption that the offenders would be released after service of only one-fourth of their sentences), cert. denied, 288 N.C. 251, 217 S.E.2d 675 (1975). Where "the record reveals no such express indication of improper motivation," the defendant is not entitled to a new sentencing......
  • State v. Swimm
    • United States
    • North Carolina Court of Appeals
    • April 16, 1985
    ...with the Fair Sentencing Act, defendant relies upon State v. Snowden, 26 N.C.App. 45, 215 S.E.2d 157, cert. denied, 288 N.C. 251, 217 S.E.2d 675 (1975). In Snowden, this Court ordered a new sentencing hearing on the ground that the following comments by the court affirmatively disclosed tha......

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