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State v. Van McDougall
The plurality concluded, in the course of invalidating North Carolina’s mandatory death penalty statute, that the sentencing process must permit consideration of the “character and record of the individual offender and the circumstances of the particular offense as a constitutionally indispensable part of the process of inflicting the penalty of death.” Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S., at 304 [ 49 L.Ed. 2d 944 , 96 S.Ct. 2978 ] in order to ensure the reliability, under Eighth Amendment standards, of the determination that “death is the appropriate punishment in a specific case.” …
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State v. Broom
See State v. Vinson, 287 N.C. 326, 336 , 215 S.E.2d 60, 68 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 902 , 49 L.
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State v. Whitley
See State v. Crowder, 285 N.C. 42, 46 , 203 S.E.2d 38, 41 (1974), vacated in part on other grounds, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Brockett
(2×)
See State v. Jarrette, 284 N.C. 625 , 202 S.E.2d 721 (1974) (noting that where a general objection is made to testimony that is competent in part and incompetent in part, the appellate court will not assume that the objection was aimed at the incompetent testimony), vacated in part on other grounds, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Abrams
See State v. Ward, 286 N.C. 304 , 312, 210 S.E.2d 407 , 413 (1974), death penaltyvacated by 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1207 (1976)(citations omitted).
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State v. Reed
See State v. Honeycutt, 285 N.C. 174, 179 , 203 S.E.2d 844, 848 (1974), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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Virmani v. Presbyterian Health Services Corp.
(2×)
See State v. Jarrette, 284 N.C. 625, 654-55 , 202 S.E.2d 721, 740 (1974), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Conner
See State v. Vinson, 287 N.C. 326, 336 , 215 S.E.2d 60, 68 (1975), judgment vacated in part, 428 U.S. 902 , 49 L.
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State v. Mills
See State v. King, 287 N.C. 645, 660 , 215 S.E.2d 540, 549 (1975) (hammer “similar to” one used to hit victim sufficient identification), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Vause
See State v. Bock, 288 N.C. 145 , 217 S.E.2d 513 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Woodard
See State v. Ward, 286 N.C. 304 , 210 S.E. 2d 407 (1974), death penalty vacated mem., 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1207 (1976) (trial court correctly refused to charge on voluntary manslaughter where defendant killed her boyfriend of three years while he was entertaining her rival in the den of his home on an evening when he had invited defendant to visit).
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State v. Lloyd
See State v. McLaughlin, 286 N.C. 597, 606 , 213 S.E. 2d 238, 244 (1975) (a showing of legal intoxication negates premeditation and deliberation), vacated in part, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1208 (1976).
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State v. Durham
See State v. Ward, 286 N.C. 304 , 210 S.E. 2d 407 (1974), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 (1976).
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State v. Lockamy
See State v. Ward, 286 N.C. 304 , 210 S.E. 2d 407 (1974), modified, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3206 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1207 (1976); State v. Hammonds, supra. Defendant also argues that the trial judge erred in instructing that a reasonable doubt is generated by “insufficiency of proof’ and in failing to instruct that such doubt could arise “out of the evidence.” While it is error to instruct that a reasonable doubt arises from the evidence without also instructing that such doubt can arise from lack of evidence, an instruction such as the one in this case includes both propositions.
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State v. Washington
See State v. Robbins, 287 N.C. 483, 487-89 , 214 S.E. 2d 756, 760-61 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1208 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 (1976).
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State v. Wright
(3×)
See State v. Simmons, 286 N.C. 681 , 213 S.E. 2d 280 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 (1976).
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State v. Duvall
See State v. Bock, 288 N.C. 145 , 217 S.E.2d 513 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1209 (1976); 1 Stansbury, supra, §§ 136, 137.
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State v. Duvall
See State v. Bock, 288 N.C. 145 , 217 S.E.2d 513 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 (1976); 1 Stansbury, supra, §§ 136, 137.
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State v. Snead
See State v. Crowder, 285 N.C. 42 , 203 S.E. 2d 38 (1974), modified on other grounds, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1207 , 96 S.Ct. 3205 (1976).
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State v. Broyhill
Counsel may not, however, "ask questions that use hypothetical evidence or scenarios to attempt to 'stake-out' prospective jurors and cause them to pledge themselves to a particular position in advance of the actual presentation of the evidence." State v. Fletcher , 348 N.C. 292 , 308, 500 S.E.2d 668 , 677 (1998) (citations omitted); see also State v. Vinson , 287 N.C. 326 , 336, 215 S.E.2d 60 , 68 (1975) ("Counsel may not pose hypothetical questions designed to elicit in advance what the juror's decision will be under a certain state of the evidence or upon a given state of facts."), sentence…
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State v. King
Ed. 2d 113 (1990); see also State v. King, 287 N.C. 645, 658 , 215 S.E.2d 540, 548 (1975) (noting that “ ‘the determination of [whether to admit expert testimony] is ordinarily within the exclusive province of the trial judge’.” (quoting Brandis, Stansbury’s North Carolina Evidence § 133, at 429)), judgment vacated in part, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S. Ct. 3208 , 49 L.
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State v. Best
See, e.g., State v. McLaughlin, 286 N.C. 597, 610-11 , 213 S.E.2d 238, 246-47 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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Jones v. State
See, e.g., State v. Crowder, 285 N.C. 42 ( 203 SE2d 38 ) (1974), death penalty vacated, 428 U. S. 903 (96 SC 3205, 49 LE2d 1207) (1976); People v. Cole, 524 NE2d 926, 927 (Ill.
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State v. Kemmerlin
Ed. 2d 1137 (1980); see also State v. Simmons, 286 N.C. 681, 688-89 , 213 S.E.2d 280, 286 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. DeCastro
Id.; see also State v. King, 287 N.C. 645, 660 , 215 S.E.2d 540, 549 (1975) (admission of hammer "similar to" one with which the victim was hit was proper, even though it was found some time later and some distance away from scene of crime), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1209 (1976); State v. Minton, 234 N.C. 716, 723 , 68 S.E.2d 844, 849 (1952) (while testimony did not directly show that the pistol was the murder weapon, admission of the evidence was proper since the pistol was the same caliber as the fatal bullet and "might well have been the weapon").
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State v. Worsley
See State v. Hall, 264 N.C. 559 , 142 S.E.2d 177 (1965) (wife did not have the authority to consent to a search of the home and therefore stolen property recovered during the search was inadmissible against the husband at trial); see also State v. Woods, 286 N.C. 612 , 213 S.E.2d 214 (1975), judgment vacated in part, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Brogden
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See also State v. Johnson, 317 N.C. 343, 376 , 346 S.E.2d 596, 614 (1986) ("when a potential juror has expressed a clear and unequivocal refusal to impose the death penalty under all the circumstances, any additional cross-examination by defense counsel `would thwart the protective purposes of N.C.G.S. 9-21(b) [and] would be a purposeless waste of valuable court time'") (quoting State v. Bock, 288 N.C. 145, 156 , 217 S.E.2d 513, 520 (1975), judgment vacated in part, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1209 (1976)).
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State v. Tucker
See State v. Bonner, 222 N.C. 344, 345 , 23 S.E.2d 45, 46 (1942); see also State v. King, 287 N.C. 645, 654 , 215 S.E.2d 540, 550 (1975), judgment vacated in part, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Fields
See also State v. McLaughlin, 286 N.C. 597 , 213 S.E. 2d 238 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 (1976).
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State v. Griffin
See, e.g., State v. Robbins, 287 N.C. 483, 487-88 , 214 S.E. 2d 756, 760 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1208 -09 (1976); State v. Jarrette, 284 N.C. 625, 645-46 , 202 S.E. 2d 721, 734-35 (1974), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3205 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1206 -07 (1976).
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Lea Co. v. North Carolina Board of Transportation
See also State v. Bock, 288 N.C. 145, 162 , 217 S.E. 2d 513, 524 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1209 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 (1976); 1 Stansbury’s North Carolina Evidence § 136, p. 445-46 (Brandis Rev. 1973 & Cum.
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State v. Campbell
See also State v. Young, 287 N.C. 377 , 214 S.E. 2d 763 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. King
See also State v. McLaughlin, 286 N.C. 597 , 213 S.E. 2d 238 (1975), death pen. vac., 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.
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State v. Milby
See, e.g., State v. King, 287 N.C. 645 , 215 S.E. 2d 540 (1975), death penalty vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 49 L.Ed. 2d 1209 , 96 S.Ct. 3208 (1976); State v. Patterson, 284 N.C. 190 , 200 S.E. 2d 16 (1973).
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State v. Goodman
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State v. Propst, 274 N.C. 62, 72 , 161 S.E.2d 560, 567 (1968); see also, State v. McLaughlin, 286 N.C. 597 , 213 S.E.2d 238 (1975), death sentence vacated, 428 U.S. 903 , 96 S.Ct. 3206 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1208 (1976); State v. Bunn, 283 N.C. 444 , 196 S.E.2d 777 (1973); State v. Wilson, 280 N.C. 674 , 187 S.E.2d 22 (1972).
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Dillard
v.
North Carolina
v.
North Carolina
No. 73-6875.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jul 6, 1976.
Published
Sup. Ct. N. C.