STATE v. BOYKIN

No. 146.

121 S.E.2d 863 (1961)

255 N.C. 432

STATE v. Theodore BOYKIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. D. Johnson, Jr., Warsaw, J. T. Gresham, Jr., Jacksonville, for defendant-appellant.

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Harry W. McGalliard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The defendant seeks a new trial on each count in the indictment upon the ground the court committed error by (1) overruling his plea of former jeopardy, (2) admitting in evidence the defendant's confession, (3) permitting the State to introduce the order for the post-mortem examination.

The power of the presiding judge to order a mistrial in a criminal case after the jury has been impaneled, and before verdict, has been the subject of review...

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