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State v. Hammonds (1954)

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green State v. Every (2003)
Rule Authority · N.C. Ct. App. · 2 citations in this opinion
It is the general rule that where a trial court, in charging a jury, undertakes the definition of a term that the law provides no set formula for defining, “the definition given should be in substantial accord with definitions approved by [our Supreme] Court.” State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954).
green State v. Williams (1993)
Rule Authority · N.C. · 2 citations in this opinion
II Defendant contends, and we agree, that the trial judge gave the jury an unconstitutional instruction on the meaning of "reasonable doubt." The challenged instruction, given midway through the jury's deliberations in response to a juror's request for clarification, was taken almost verbatim from State v. Hammonds, 241 *592 N.C. 226, 232, 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954).
green State v. Greene (1989)
Rule Authority · N.C. · 2 citations in this opinion
"The law does not require any set formula in defining reasonable doubt." State v. Withers, 271 N.C. 364, 368 , 156 S.E.2d 733, 736 (1967) (quoting State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954)).
green State v. Williams (1994)
Rule Authority · N.C.
The challenged instruction, given midway through the jury’s deliberations in response to a juror’s request for clarification, was taken almost verbatim from State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954).
green State v. Ward (1994)
Rule Authority · N.C.
State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954) (emphasis added).
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green State v. Whitaker (1991)
Rule Authority · N.C. Ct. App.
Conceding that in instructing the jury the trial court correctly defined reasonable doubt, defendant nevertheless argues that the court erred in failing to include a portion of the definition of reasonable doubt found in State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E.2d 133, 138 (1954), to the effect that evidence beyond a reasonable doubt is proof that satisfies one to a moral certainty of the truth of the charge.
green State v. Shepherd (1975)
Rule Authority · N.C.
State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E. 2d 133, 138 (1954) ; State v. Steele, 190 N.C. 506, 512 , 130 S.E. 308, 312 (1925).
green State v. Rogers (1986)
Cited (see also) · N.C. · signal: see also · 2 citations in this opinion
See also State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226, 232 , 85 S.E. 2d 133, 138 (1954).
green State v. Ward (1974)
Cited · N.C. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226 , 85 S.E. 2d 133 (1954).
green State v. Allen (1972)
Cited (see also) · N.C. Ct. App. · signal: see also · 2 citations in this opinion
G.S. 20-183 (a); State v. Eason, 242 N.C. 59 , 86 S.E. 2d 774 (1955) ; see also State v. Hammonds, 241 N.C. 226 , 85 S.E. 2d 133 (1954).