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State v. Simpson

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 1, 2003
357 N.C. 652 (N.C. 2003)

Summary

holding that when the victim, a pawn shop owner, testified that he was suspicious that certain cameras brought into the pawn shop by the defendant had been stolen, the jury could reasonably conclude that the victim had, in fact, been deceived

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Opinion

No. 431A03

Filed 5 December 2003

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 159 N.C. App. ___, 583 S.E.2d 714 (2003), finding no error in a judgment entered 20 May 2002 by Judge Loto G. Caviness, in Superior Court, Henderson County. Heard in the Supreme Court 19 November 2003.

Roy A. Cooper, Attorney General, by Kimberly Elizabeth Gunter, Associate Attorney General, for the State. Smith Moore, L.L.P., by James G. Exum, Jr.; and Mary Exum Schaefer for defendant-appellant.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

State v. Simpson

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 1, 2003
357 N.C. 652 (N.C. 2003)

holding that when the victim, a pawn shop owner, testified that he was suspicious that certain cameras brought into the pawn shop by the defendant had been stolen, the jury could reasonably conclude that the victim had, in fact, been deceived

Summary of this case from State v. Pendergraft

holding that "a transactional connection was evidenced by a common modus operandi, the short time lapse between the criminal activity, and similar circumstances in victim, location, and motive"

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Case details for

State v. Simpson

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DAVID VERNON SIMPSON

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Dec 1, 2003

Citations

357 N.C. 652 (N.C. 2003)
588 S.E.2d 466

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