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  "name": "STATE v. CLAY IDOL",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Idol",
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    "parties": [
      "STATE v. CLAY IDOL."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe defendant testified in his own behalf but offered\nno testimony as to his good character. The State offered evidence of the bad character of the defendant. Thereupon, the judge charged the jury as follows:\n\u201cNow, there is some character evidence introduced. Witnesses testified that the character of Wharton is bad and the character of the defendant is bad, and some- testimony as to Hobson\u2019s record in the court. The court charges you that you will receive this character testimony and consider it both as substantive evidence, that is, as having weight \u2014 in its bearing on whether or not the defendant committed the act with which he is charged, and as evidence relating to the credibility of the witnesses Wharton and the defendant.\u201d\nThe exception to the foregoing charge is sustained,\n\u201cIf a defendant testifies in his own behalf, but offers no evidence as to his character, the State may offer evidence of his bad character, but such evidence should affect only his credibility as a witness.\u201d S. v. Nance, ante, 47; S. v. Colson, 193 N. C., 236.\nAssistant Attorney-General Nash, with his usual candor, confesses error.\nNew trial.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General Brwmmitt and Assistant Attorney-General Nash for the State.",
      "Allen Adams for defendant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. CLAY IDOL.\n(Filed 18 April, 1928.)\nCriminal Law \u2014 Evidence\u2014Character Evidence \u2014 Admissibility and Effect.\nIf a defendant testifies in his own behalf, but offers no evidence as to his character, the State may offer evidence of his bad character, but such evidence should affect only his credibility as a witness. $. v. Nance, ante, 47; 8. v. Colson, 198 N. C., 236.\nOuiMiNAL action before MacBae, Special Judge, at January-Eebruary Term, 1928, of Guilford.\nThe defendant was indicted for transporting and possessing intoxicating liquors. The evidence tended to show that the defendant and two companions, to wit, Wharton and Hobson, were transporting whiskey in an automobile. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to the roads for a term of one year. From judgment rendered he appealed, assigning error.\nAttorney-General Brwmmitt and Assistant Attorney-General Nash for the State.\nAllen Adams for defendant."
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