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  "id": 8600906,
  "name": "STATE v. JOHN L. PETERSON",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Peterson",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "parties": [
      "STATE v. JOHN L. PETERSON."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe defendant was convicted by the jury of violating the statute (G.S. 14-202) which makes it a misdemeanor to \u201cpeep secretly into any room occupied by a woman.\u201d From judgment imposing sentence defendant appealed.\nThe only error assigned by the defendant is the denial of his motion for judgment of nonsuit. It was contended that the evidence was insufficient to show that the lighted room into which the defendant was seen peeping on the night in question was then occupied by a woman. But from the record we note a State\u2019s witness testified he saw the defendant looking through a Venetian blind into a room usually occupied by a woman, that the defendant ran, and as witness, in immediate pursuit, passed this window he \u201csaw someone in the room, a woman in the room.\u201d\"\nWe think the evidence sufficient to carry the case to the jury.\nIn the trial we find\nNo error.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.",
      "R. M. Gantt for defendant, appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE v. JOHN L. PETERSON.\n(Filed 9 June, 1950.)\nObscenity \u00a7 2\u2014\nEvidence in this prosecution of defendant for peeping secretly into a room occupied by a woman, held sufficient to be submitted to the jury. G.S. 14-202.\nAppeal by defendant from Harris, J., at January Term, 1950, of Durham.\nNo error.\nAttorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.\nR. M. Gantt for defendant, appellant."
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