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  "id": 8628533,
  "name": "STATE v. SYLVESTER OUTLAW, APSOM OUTLAW, and LONNIE GARDNER",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Outlaw",
  "decision_date": "1938-04-13",
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  "first_page": "428",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name": "N.C."
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      "cite": "200 N. C., 831",
      "category": "reporters:state",
      "reporter": "N.C.",
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    "parties": [
      "STATE v. SYLVESTER OUTLAW, APSOM OUTLAW, and LONNIE GARDNER."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nDefendants were charged in the bill of indictment with rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the felony of rape as to each of the defendants, and thereupon sentence of death was pronounced as to each of the defendants. The defendants docketed their appeal, but did not file brief with the clerk of this Court by 12 o\u2019clock noon on the second Saturday preceding the call of the Sixth District, or at any time subsequent thereto.\nThe Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal. This motion must be allowed. Rule 28 of Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 200 N. C., 831-2. However, according to the usual custom of this Court in capital cases, we have examined the record to see if any error appears. In the record we find no error, the judgment is affirmed and the\nAppeal is dismissed.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General Seawell for the State.",
      "Norwood B. Boney, Bobt. L. West, and Bobt. G. Wells for defendants."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. SYLVESTER OUTLAW, APSOM OUTLAW, and LONNIE GARDNER.\n(Filed 13 April, 1938.)\nCriminal Law \u00a7\u00a7 79, 80\u2014\nWhere defendants docket their appeal, but fail to file briefs, their appeal must be dismissed on motion of the Attorney-General, Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court No. 28, but in a capital case this will be done only after an inspection of the record fails to disclose error.\nAppeal by defendants from Grady, J., at October Term, 1937, of DupliN. Appeal dismissed.\nMotion by the State to dismiss defendants\u2019 appeal.\nAttorney-General Seawell for the State.\nNorwood B. Boney, Bobt. L. West, and Bobt. G. Wells for defendants."
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