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246 N.C. 688

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 9, 1957

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1957-10-09

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1977

2 state decisions

Relies on State v. Heller · State v. . West

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Decided 1957-10-09

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Per Curiam.

¶1As to Williams, sole appellant, there was ample evidence to support the verdict; and consideration of each of his eleven assignments of error fails to disclose any error of law deemed sufficiently prejudicial to justify the award of a new trial.

¶2The applicable principles of law are well established. No restatement thereof is required, nor would it serve a useful purpose to analyze in greater detail the evidence tending to establish appellant’s guilt.

¶3While the evidence tends to show that the enmity of Fisher and Williams was directed primarily towards Keziah whom they knew and not against Pressley whom they did not know, mistaken identity of the victim is not a defense to the crime of felonious assault. S. v. West, 152 N.C. 832, 68 S.E. 14; S. v. Heller, 231 N.C. 67, 55 S.E. 2d 800.

¶4No error.

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