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State v. Bollinger

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 2009
363 N.C. 251 (N.C. 2009)

Summary

holding that the trial court did not commit plain error by instructing the jury in a case in which the defendant was charged with carrying a concealed weapon that it could convict the defendant in the event that it found that the defendant possessed two knives and a set of brass knuckles despite the absence of any reference to knives in the indictment

Summary of this case from State v. Trammell

Opinion

No. 449A08.

Filed 1 May 2009.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 192 N.C. App. ___, 665 S.E.2d 136 (2008), finding no prejudicial error at a trial resulting in a judgment entered on 21 February 2007 by Judge Christopher M. Collier in Superior Court, Cabarrus County. Heard in the Supreme Court 30 March 2009.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Charles E. Reece, Assistant Attorney General, for the State. Jarvis John Edgerton, IV for defendant-appellant.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

State v. Bollinger

Supreme Court of North Carolina
May 1, 2009
363 N.C. 251 (N.C. 2009)

holding that the trial court did not commit plain error by instructing the jury in a case in which the defendant was charged with carrying a concealed weapon that it could convict the defendant in the event that it found that the defendant possessed two knives and a set of brass knuckles despite the absence of any reference to knives in the indictment

Summary of this case from State v. Trammell

holding that the trial court did not commit plain error by instructing the jury in a case in which the defendant was charged with carrying a concealed weapon that it could convict the defendant in the event that it found that the defendant possessed two knives and a set of brass knuckles despite the absence of any reference to knives in the indictment

Summary of this case from State v. Trammell
Case details for

State v. Bollinger

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. WESLEY DAVID BOLLINGER

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: May 1, 2009

Citations

363 N.C. 251 (N.C. 2009)

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