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State v. Tilley

North Carolina Court of Appeals
May 1, 1974
205 S.E.2d 105 (N.C. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

No. 7417SC246

Filed 1 May 1974

APPEAL by defendant from Long, Judge, 4 September 1973 Session of Superior Court held in ROCKINGHAM County.

Attorney General Robert Morgan by William W. Melvin, Assistant Attorney General and William B. Ray, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

No counsel on appeal for defendant.


Defendant was indicted for the murder of Onie Bullins Orander. At the 14 August 1972 Session of Rockingham County Superior Court he was convicted of murder in the second degree. On appeal from that conviction, he was granted a new trial for error in the judge's instruction to the jury. State v. Tilley, 18 N.C. App. 300, 196 S.E.2d 816. At his new trial he was again found guilty and appealed.


Defendant was represented at trial by able and experienced court appointed counsel. After his conviction he petitioned the trial judge to allow him to appeal as an indigent. He also petitioned the court to be allowed to handle his case on appeal without the assistance of counsel. The petitions were allowed. We have carefully examined the record and find no prejudicial error in the trial from which defendant appealed.

No error.

Judges CAMPBELL and MORRIS concur.


Summaries of

State v. Tilley

North Carolina Court of Appeals
May 1, 1974
205 S.E.2d 105 (N.C. Ct. App. 1974)
Case details for

State v. Tilley

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RAY THOMAS TILLEY

Court:North Carolina Court of Appeals

Date published: May 1, 1974

Citations

205 S.E.2d 105 (N.C. Ct. App. 1974)
205 S.E.2d 105