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STATE v. ALLEN

No. 7211SC473.

191 S.E.2d 403 (1972)

16 N.C. App. 159

STATE of North Carolina v. Jesse Everett ALLEN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Appeal Dismissed November 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan by Asst. Atty. Gen. Christine Y. Denson, for the State.

T. Yates Dobson, Jr., Smithfield, for defendant appellant.

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error that his plea of former jeopardy was denied.

The common law principle that no person can be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense is now guaranteed by both the federal and the state constitutions. State v. Cutshall, 278 N.C. 334, 180 S.E.2d 745. State v. Prince, 63 N.C. 529.

Jeopardy attaches in North Carolina when a defendant...

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