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State v. PetersonState v. Peterson

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jun 9, 1950
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Per Curiam.

The defendant was convicted by the jury of violating the statute (G.S. 14-202) which ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍makes it a misdemeanor to “peep secretly into any room occupied by a woman.” From judgment imposing sentence defendant appealed.

The only error assigned by the defendant is the denial of ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍his motion for judgment of nonsuit. It was contended that the evidence was insufficient to show that the lighted room into which the defendant was seen peeping on the night ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍in question was then occupied by a woman. But from the record we note a State’s witness testified he saw the defendant looking through a Venetian blind into a room ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍usually occupied by a woman, that the defendant ran, and as witness, in immediate pursuit, passed this window he “saw someone in the room, a woman in the room.””

We think ‍​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‍the evidence sufficient to carry the case to the jury.

In the trial we find

No error.

Case Details

Case Name: State v. Peterson
Court Name: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Date Published: Jun 9, 1950
Citations: 232 N.C. 332; 59 S.E.2d 635; 1950 N.C. LEXIS 438
Court Abbreviation: N.C.
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