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  "name": "STATE v. MONROE MEDLIN",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Medlin",
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    "parties": [
      "STATE v. MONROE MEDLIN."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. Sentence of death by asphyxiation was imposed. Defendant gave notice of appeal. No case on appeal was served within the time allowed by the court below, and counsel for defendant in the trial below have notified the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County that they do not \u201cplan to take any further action with reference to the appeal.\u201d\nThe Attorney-General moves to docket and dismiss the appeal. The motion must be allowed, but, according to the usual rule of the Court in capital cases, we have examined the record to see if any error appears. We find no error therein. S. v. Watson, 208 N.C. 70, 179 S.E. 455.\nJudgment affirmed.\nAppeal dismissed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Moody for the State.",
      "No counsel contra."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. MONROE MEDLIN.\n(Filed 23 November, 1949.)\nCriminal Law \u00a7 80b (4) \u2014\nWhere defendant fails to serve case on appeal within the time allowed and takes no steps to perfect his appeal, the motion of the Attorney-General to docket and dismiss will be allowed, but where defendant has been convicted of a capital felony this will be done only after an inspection of the record proper fails to disclose error.\nAppeal by defendant from Bobbitt, J., at August Term, 1949, of Mecklenbueg.\nAttorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Moody for the State.\nNo counsel contra."
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