Case Name: STATE v. SAMUEL J. BROWN
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1955-09-21
Citations: 242 N.C. 602
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. SAMUEL J. BROWN.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 602–602

Head Matter:
STATE v. SAMUEL J. BROWN.
(Filed 21 September, 1955.)
Appeal and Error § 38—
Where the Supreme Court is evenly divided in opinion, the judgment of the lower court will be affirmed without becoming a precedent.
Appeal by defendant from Nettles, </., February Term, 1955, of BuNcombe.
Upon indictment and trial by jury, defendant was found guilty of larceny as charged. From judgment pronounced, imposing a prison sentence, defendant appealed.
Attorney-General Rodman and Assistant Attorney-General Love for the State.
W. W. Candler and Cecil C. Jackson for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
PER Curiam.
It is the unanimous opinion of this Court that defendant's motion for nonsuit was properly overruled.
Two members of the Court, Winborne and Higgins, JJ., not sitting, but with Devin, Emergency Justice, participating in lieu of Winborne, J., and the six sitting members being equally divided in opinion as to whether prejudicial error in the conduct of the trial has been shown, the judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed, without becoming a precedent. Allen v. Ins. Co., 211 N.C. 736, 190 S.E. 735.
Affirmed.