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North Carolina v. Sinclair

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  • Title: North Carolina v. Sinclair
  • Author : Court of Appeals of North Carolina No. 7912SC525
  • Release Date : January 20, 1979
  • Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 56 KB

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It is recognized as established law that ""a felony conviction may not be based upon or sustained by a naked extrajudicial confession of guilt uncorroborated by any other evidence."" State v. Jenerett, 281 N.C. 81, 85-86, 187 S.E.2d 735, 738 (1972). This principle appeared in North Carolina case law as early as 1797, where a defendant was indicted for horse-stealing. State v. Long, 2 N.C. 455 (per curiam). The only evidence in that case was that the horse had been missing, that two men had brought the horse and the defendant to the house of the owner, and that the defendant had confessed that he had taken the horse and had begged forgiveness. The court said:


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