172 N.C. App. 734 - State v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2013
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · State v. Wilkerson · 154 Wash. 2d 118 - State v. Hughes · Richardson v. McKnight
Most-quoted passages
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“[The defendant] also contends that the trial judge erred by not allowing [the] defendant’s witnesses to testify that he had not molested their children and by not allowing several children to testify that he had not molested them. Such testimony was totally irrelevant. We have examined each exception upon which [the] defendant’s assignment of error is based and conclude that the trial court did not err in excluding the testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Walston“[T]he term “torture” is not a legal term of art which carries a specific meaning not readily apparent to the witness. “Torture” does not denote a criminal offense in North Carolina and therefore does not carry a precise legal definition, as “murder” and “rape” do, involving elements of intent as well as acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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