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- Title: State v. Mccoy
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 22, 1952
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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In this enlightened age the humanity of the law is such that no man shall suffer death as a penalty for crime, except upon conviction in a trial free from substantial error and in which the constitutional and statutory safeguards for the protection of his rights have been scrupulously observed. Therefore, in all capital cases reaching this Court, it is the settled policy to examine the record for the ascertainment of reversible error. S. v. Watson, 208 N.C. 70, 179 S.E. 455; S. v. Stovall, 214 N.C. 695, 200 S.E. 426; S. v. Moore, 216 N.C. 543, 5 S.E.2d 719; S. v. Williams, 216 N.C. 740, 6 S.E.2d 492; S. v. Page, 217 N.C. 288, 7 S.E.2d 559; S. v. Morrow, 220 N.C. 441, 17 S.E.2d 507; S. v. Brooks, 224 N.C. 627, 31 S.E.2d 754; S. v. West, 229 N.C. 416, 50 S.E.2d 3; S. v. Garner, 230 N.C. 66, 51 S.E.2d 895. If, upon such an examination, error is found, it then becomes the duty of the Court upon its own motion to recognize and act upon the error so found. S. v. Sermons, 212 N.C. 767, 194 S.E. 469. This rule obtains whether the prisoner be prince or pauper.