257 N.C. App. 803 - State v. Golder’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Circumstantial evidence may withstand a motion to dismiss and support a conviction even when the evidence does not rule out every hypothesis of innocence. If the evidence presented is circumstantial, the court must consider whether a reasonable inference of defendant's guilt may be drawn from the circumstances. Once the court decides that a reasonable inference of defendant's guilt may be drawn from the circumstances, then it is for the jury to decide whether the facts, taken singly or in combination, satisfy [it] beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is actually guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 263 - State v. Mathis

2. “(1) the identification of the defendant; (2) a "separate count addressed to each offense charged"; (3) the county in which the offense took place; (4) the date, or range of dates, during which the offense was committed; (5) a "plain and concise factual statement in each count" that supports every element of the offense and the defendant's commission thereof; and (6) the "applicable statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or other provision of law alleged therein to have been violated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 263 - State v. Mathis