178 N.C. App. 189 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 2015
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re the Appeal From the Civil Penalty · State v. Earnhardt · State v. Grooms · State v. Elam · State v. Stocks
Most-quoted passages
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“[j]udicial tolerance of variance between the dates alleged and the dates proved in cases involving child sexual abuse. Unless a defendant demonstrates that he was deprived of the opportunity to present an adequate defense due to the temporal variance, the policy of leniency governs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]his Court has previously held that "`the date given in the bill of indictment is not an essential element of the crime charged and the fact that the crime was in fact committed on some other date is not fatal.'" Further, we have recognized a "[j]udicial tolerance of variance between the dates alleged and the dates proved" in cases involving child sexual abuse. "Unless a defendant demonstrates that he was deprived of the opportunity to present an adequate defense due to the temporal variance, the policy of leniency governs."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In ruling on a motion to dismiss the trial court is to consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the State. In so doing, the State is entitled to every reasonable intendment and every reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence; contradictions and discrepancies do not warrant dismissal of the casethey are for the jury to resolve. The court is to consider all of the evidence actually admitted, whether competent or incompetent, which is favorable to the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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