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280 N.C. 175

State v. Allison

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 15, 1971

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1971-12-15

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently October 1987

4 state decisions

Relies on State v. Marshall Norman Hicks · State v. Williams · State v. Jacobs

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Decided 1971-12-15

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Per Curiam.

¶1Defendant brings forward only one assignment of error, that the trial judge erred in failing to submit to the jury the issue of defendant’s guilt of an assault with a deadly weapon. This assignment is frivolous.

¶2All the evidence for the State tended to show that defendant, armed with a pistol, threatened the life of Lefler and unlawfully took from him cash in excess of $900.00. All of defendant’s evidence tended to show that he committed no crime. There was no evidence which would support a verdict of guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, a lesser offense included within the crime charged. “The presence of such evidence is the determinative factor.” State v. Hicks, 241 N.C. 156, 159, 84 S.E. 2d 545, 547. Accord, State v. Jacobs, 277 N.C. 151, 176 S.E. 2d 744; State v. Williams, 275 N.C. 77, 165 S.E. 2d 481.

¶3In the trial below we find

¶4No error.

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