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  "id": 8570529,
  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ESTELLA RICHARDSON",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Richardson",
  "decision_date": "1971-12-15",
  "docket_number": "No. 150",
  "first_page": "178",
  "last_page": "179",
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    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ESTELLA RICHARDSON"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nDefense counsel stated he has searched the record and has been unable to discover anything properly assignable as error. As defense counsel requested, this Court has carefully reviewed the record. We find the indictment in proper form, the evidence abundantly sufficient to make out a case of murder in the second degree, and the prison sentence within the limits prescribed for the offense charged. The defendant\u2019s testimony that she acted in self-defense in firing the fatal shot is contradicted by all other witnesses.\nIn the trial and judgment we find\nNo error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
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    "attorneys": [
      "Robert Morgan, Attorney General by James L. Blackburn, Assistant Attorney General for the State.",
      "T. 0. Stennett for defendant appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ESTELLA RICHARDSON\nNo. 150\n(Filed 15 December 1971)\nAppeal by defendant from McLean, J., July 19, 1971, Schedule \u201cB\u201d Session of Mecklenburg Superior Court.\nThe defendant, Estella Richardson, was indicted for murder in the second degree for killing Sara Mae Green. The indictment specifically stated the killing was with malice aforethought, but without premeditation and deliberation. The defendant, represented by court-appointed counsel, entered a plea of not guilty.\nAt the trial the State offered eyewitnesses who testified that on June 30, 1970, they were visitors at the home of the defendant, Estella Richardson, at 440 North Summit Avenue in Charlotte. At about seven o\u2019clock in the evening, Sara Mae Green (the deceased) appeared in the yard outside the defendant\u2019s house. The defendant speaking to Sara Mae Green said, \u201cdidn\u2019t I tell you to stay away from my house . . . don\u2019t you believe I\u2019ll shoot you . . . . \u201d Estella and Rufus Johnson began scuffling over a pistol in Estella\u2019s possession. When Estella promised not to use the pistol he released her. She then addressed Sara Mae, \u201cpoor bitch, don\u2019t you believe I\u2019ll shoot you\u201d and Sara Mae said, \u201cshoot\u201d and Estella shot Sara Mae. Sara Mae was unarmed. Dr. Wood, a qualified pathologist, testified that on June 30, 1970, Sara Mae Green died as a result of the gunshot wound.\nThe defendant testified she had ordered the deceased, Sara Mae Green, to stay away from her house. On the day of the shooting Sara Mae appeared, stated that she had come to \u201cwhoop\u201d the defendant. She reached in her bosom (for a weapon), then the defendant shot her in self-defense. None of the witnesses corroborated the defendant\u2019s testimony.\nThe jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. From the judgment that the defendant be imprisoned for a term of twenty-one years, she appealed. The court, finding the defendant to be indigent, entered an order permitting her to appeal as a pauper and appointed her trial counsel to prosecute her appeal.\nRobert Morgan, Attorney General by James L. Blackburn, Assistant Attorney General for the State.\nT. 0. Stennett for defendant appellant."
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