Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1928

State v. . McKnight

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided November 14, 1928 · Stacy

145 S.E. 281; 196 N.C. 259; 1928 N.C. LEXIS 340 (South Eastern Reporter)

Cases that cite this one

24 later published cases cite this decision.

Wolfe v. North Carolina (Supreme Court of the United States 1960)
State v. . Black (N.C. 1939)
State v. . Bradley (N.C. 1936)
State v. Sellers (N.C. 1968)
State v. Sellers (N.C. 1966)
State v. Kimball (N.C. 1964)
State v. Eason (N.C. 1955)
State v. Williams (N.C. 1953)
State v. Gaston (N.C. 1952)
State v. Brown (N.C. 1951)
State v. Vanhoy (N.C. 1949)
State v. . Foster (N.C. 1947)
State v. Foster (N.C. 1947)
State v. . Morgan (N.C. 1946)
State v. . Dilliard (N.C. 1943)
State v. . McKeon (N.C. 1943)
State v. . McCollum (N.C. 1940)
State v. . Linney (N.C. 1938)
State v. . Robertson (N.C. 1936)
State v. . Satterfield (N.C. 1934)
State v. . Bittings (N.C. 1934)
State v. . Ross (N.C. 1930)
State v. Ross (N.C. 1930)
State v. . Brown (N.C. 1940)

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Opinion of the Court

Stacy, C. J.

Judgment in a criminal prosecution may be arrested, on motion duly made, when, and only when, some fatal error or defect appears on the.face of the record. S. v. Lewis, 194 N. C., 620, 140 S. E., 434; S. v. Mitchem, 188 N. C., 608, 125 S. E., 190; S. v. Efird, 186 N. C., 482, 119 S. E., 881; S. v. Jenkins, 164 N. C., 527, 80 S. E., 231; S. v. Douglass, 63 N. C., 500; S. v. Roberts, 19 N. C., 541. But this would not include a variance between the indictment and the proof, or want of evidence to support the verdict, for they are not matters appearing on the face of the record proper. S. v. Jarvis, 129 N. C., 698, 40 S. E., 220; S. v. McLain, 104 N. C., 894, 10 S. E., 518; McCanless v. Flinchum, 98 N. C., 358, 4 S. E., 359.

The indictment, in the instant case, includes, or is sufficient in form to charge, the offense of larceny. C. S., 4640. Hence, the motion in arrest of judgment was properly overruled.

Affirmed.

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