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  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LARKIN MONROE ST. JOHN",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. St. John",
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  "docket_number": "No. 7315SC90",
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    "judges": [
      "Judges Campbell and Graham concur."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LARKIN MONROE ST. JOHN"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "HEDRICK, Judge.\nThe record contains no exceptions or assignments of error. The following appears in the record as appellant\u2019s statement of case on appeal.\n\u201cI have made a study of this record, and I am unable to find any error save the very severe procedure which allows the State to introduce evidence of the defendant\u2019s prior conviction and to permit the Solicitor to read to the jury the warrant which alleged the prior convictions.\u201d\nThe procedure complained of was approved and held to be without error in the case of State v. Owenby, 10 N.C. App. 170, 177 S.E. 2d 749 (1970).\nWe have carefully examined the record and find no error on the face thereof. The defendant had a fair trial free from prejudicial error.\nNo error.\nJudges Campbell and Graham concur.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "HEDRICK, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney General Robert Morgan and Assistant Attorneys Genaral William W. Melvin and William B. Ray for the State.",
      "Latham, Pickard, Cooper and Ennis by M. Glenn Pickard for defendant appellant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LARKIN MONROE ST. JOHN\nNo. 7315SC90\n(Filed 14 March 1973)\nAutomobiles \u00a7 126; Criminal Law \u00a7 34\u2014 driving under the influence, second offense \u2014 evidence of prior convictions admissible\nIn a prosecution charging defendant with driving under the influence, second offense, and operating a motor vehicle without first being licensed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, there was no error in allowing the State to introduce evidence of defendant\u2019s prior conviction and permitting the solicitor to read to the jury the warrant which alleged the prior convictions.\nAppeal by defendant from Cooper, Judge, 7 August 1972 Session of Superior Court held in Alamance County.\nDefendant, Larkin Monroe St. John, was charged in a warrant, proper in form, with operating a motor vehicle (1) while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, second offense, and (2) without first being licensed by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Defendant pleaded not guilty and was found guilty as charged. From a judgment imposing a prison sentence of six months on each count charged in the warrant, defendant appealed.\nAttorney General Robert Morgan and Assistant Attorneys Genaral William W. Melvin and William B. Ray for the State.\nLatham, Pickard, Cooper and Ennis by M. Glenn Pickard for defendant appellant."
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