State v. . Burgess
This text of 39 S.E.2d 816 (State v. . Burgess) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The defendant, appellant, noted exception to the judge’s charge to the jury in respect to the definition of what was necessary to be shown to constitute assault with intent to commit rape. An examination of the language used by the court leads to the conclusion that the instructions given were in substantial accord with the definition approved by numerous decisions of this Court. S. v. Massey, 86 N. C., 658; S. v. Jeffreys, 117 N. C., 743, 23 S. E., 175; S. v. Jones, 222 N. C., 37, 21 S. E. (2d), 812; S. v. Walsh, 224 N. C., 218, 29 S. E. (2d), 743; S. v. Gay, 224 N. C., 141, 29 S. E. (2d), 458.
The State’s evidence was sufficient to carry the case to the jury and to warrant the verdict. In the trial we find
No error.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
39 S.E.2d 816, 226 N.C. 771, 1946 N.C. LEXIS 298, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-burgess-nc-1946.