MATTER OF HUNT

Nos. 7926DC839, 7926DC840.

266 S.E.2d 385 (1980)

In the Matter of Douglas McAuther HUNT. In the Matter of Roger Alan DODD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender Fritz Y. Mercer, Jr., by Asst. Public Defender Donna Chu, Charlotte, for respondents.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Steven Mansfield Shaber, Raleigh, for the State.


WELLS, Judge.

The single issue raised by respondents' counsel in these cases concerns whether the trial court's granting the State or ordering a continuance for the sole purpose of allowing the State time to present additional evidence against the respondents constituted placing them in double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment has been made applicable to...

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