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Criminal Practice – Jury Instructions – Flight – New Trial
Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//December 8, 2017
Criminal Practice – Jury Instructions – Flight – New Trial
Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//December 8, 2017
State v. Sanchez (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-083-17, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Michael O’Foghludha, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct.
Holding: Discretionary review was improvidently allowed from the Court of Appeals’ decision (Because the trial court gave the jury an instruction on flight which (1) was not supported by the evidence and (2) likely altered the jury’s verdicts, defendant is entitled to a new trial.).
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