161 N.C. App. 583 - State v. Wiggins’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
42
cited by 42 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
42 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Braswell · State v. Vause · State v. Wallace · State v. Wiley
Most-quoted passages
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“Our “statutes do not specify what constitutes a proper verdict sheet [,] ... [n]or have our Courts required the verdict forms to match the specificity expected of the indictment.” A verdict is deemed sufficient if it “can be properly understood by reference to the indictment, evidence and jury instructions.” Normally, where the defendant appeals based on the content of the verdict sheet but failed to object when the verdict sheet was submitted to the jury, any error will not be considered prejudicial unless the error is fundamental. Violations of constitutional rights, such as the right to a unanimous verdict, however, are not waived by the failure to object at trial and may be raised for the first time on appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Barbour · State v. Berrier“[T]he verdict sheets did not lack the required degree of specificity needed for a unanimous verdict if they could be properly understood by the jury based on the evidence presented at trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As to the [five] charges of statutory rape, R.B. testified to four specific occasions she could describe in detail during which defendant had sexual intercourse with her .... R.B. also testified that defendant had sexual intercourse with her five or more times a week during this ... period. Thus, where [five statutory rape] offenses ... were charged in the indictments, and based on the evidence presented at trial, the jury returned [five] guilty verdicts, there was no danger of a lack of unanimity between the jurors with respect to the verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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