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Coats v. JonesCoats v. Jones

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 6, 1983
406A83
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam
PER CURIAM.

We have carefully reviewed the opinion of ‍‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍the Court of Appeals, the briefs and authorities relating to defendants’ contentions on this ‍‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍appeal, and the oral arguments of counsel, and we conclude that the result reached by ‍‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍the Court of Appeals is correct. At trial, the trial judge and counsel should ‍‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍be aware of our recent decision in Brady v. Fulghum, 309 N.C. 580, 308 S.E. 2d 327 (1983). ‍‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍The decision of the Court of Appeals is

Affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Coats v. Jones
Court Name: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Date Published: Dec 6, 1983
Citations: 309 N.C. 815; 309 S.E.2d 253; 1983 N.C. LEXIS 1468; 406A83
Docket Number: 406A83
Court Abbreviation: N.C.
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