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  "id": 8611423,
  "name": "STATE v. JOHN C. MILLER",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Miller",
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    "parties": [
      "STATE v. JOHN C. MILLER."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Devin, J.\nTbat tbe defendant intentionally shot tbe deceased with a pistol, wounding him in tbe thigh, was not controverted. Tbe defendant pleaded self-defense and offered evidence tending to support bis plea. However, tbe jury has accepted tbe State\u2019s view of tbe transaction and has convicted the defendant of unlawfully assaulting the State\u2019s witness with a deadly weapon.\nThe defendant assigns error in the ruling of the court as to the introduction of certain testimony, and in the charge to the jury. We have examined each of the exceptions noted and find them without substantial merit. Since there was no evidence of simple assault, the court properly charged the jury they could return one of two verdicts, either guilty of assault with deadly weapon or not guilty. S. v. Smith, 201 N. C., 494, 160 S. E., 577; S. v. Gregory, 223 N. C., 415, 27 S. E. (2d), 140.\nThe evidence was sufficient to carry the case to the jury, and we perceive no ruling on the part of the trial judge which would warrant a new trial. The verdict and judgment will be upheld.\nNo error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Devin, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorneys-General Rhodes, Moody and Tucker for the State.",
      "Trivette & Holshouser for defendant."
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. JOHN C. MILLER.\n(Filed 10 October, 1945.)\n1. Assault and Battery \u00a7\u00a7 7d, 11\u2014\nIn a prosecution for assault with a deadly weapon, where the fact that defendant shot the State\u2019s witness with a pistol is not controverted, the only plea being self-defense, there is sufficient evidence for the jury.\n2. Assault and Battery \u00a7\u00a7 7d, 13\u2014\nWhen there was evidence of an assault with a deadly weapon and none of simple assault, the court properly charged the jury that they could return one of two verdicts, either guilty of assault with a deadly weapon or not guilty.\nAppeal by defendant from Armstrong, J., at March Term, 1945, of Wilkes. No error.\nTbe defendant was charged with an assault with deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol, upon tbe person of tbe State\u2019s witness. There was a verdict of guilty, and from judgment thereon tbe defendant appealed.\nAttorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorneys-General Rhodes, Moody and Tucker for the State.\nTrivette & Holshouser for defendant."
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