STATE v. BLACKBURN

No. 6927SC382.

170 S.E.2d 501 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 510

STATE of North Carolina v. Richard Lee BLACKBURN and Harold Dean Holland.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Staff Atty. Sidney S. Eagles, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Michael S. Kennedy, Shelby, for Richard Lee Blackburn.

John D. Church, Shelby, for Harold Dean Holland.


MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Appeal of Defendant Holland

The defendant Holland assigns as error the refusal of the trial judge to sever the trials of the two defendants and the trial judge's refusal to nonsuit the State as to Holland after the State had presented its evidence.

As to the trial judge's refusal to sever the defendants' trials, the correct rule is stated in 2 Strong, N.C. Index 2d, Criminal Law, § 92:

"Indictments charging...

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