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STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 15.

166 S.E.2d 681 (1969)

275 N.C. 242

STATE of North Carolina v. Nat Villiam WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Asst. Atty. Gen. Bernard Harrell, for the State.

E. C. Harris, Durham, for defendant appellant.

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge's denial of his plea in abatement by which he contended that he should not be tried twice for his life.

Defendant relies heavily on Green v. United States, 355 U.S. 184, 78 S.Ct. 221, 2 L.Ed.2d 199 (1957), where the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant, charged with first degree murder but convicted of second degree murder, received an implied acquittal...

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