Case Name: STATE v. DUNCAN THOMAS
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1946-12-11
Citations: 227 N.C. 71
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. DUNCAN THOMAS.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 227
Pages: 71–71

Head Matter:
STATE v. DUNCAN THOMAS.
(Filed 11 December, 1946.)
Criminal Daw § 67—
An appeal to tlie Supreme Court does not lie from a discretionary determination of an application by defendant for a, new trial on tlie ground of newly discovered evidence.
Appeal by defendant from Parker, J., at 19 August, 1946, Term, of Hoke.
Criminal prosecution upon two bills of indictment charging defendant with receiving stolen property, to wit, a certain quantity of tobacco, knowing the same to be stolen. Yerdict: Guilty as charged in both cases. Judgments imposed at November Term, .1945, and affirmed on appeal to Supreme Court at Spring Term, 1946, 226 N. C., 384, 38 S. E. (2d), 166. Thereafter, at August Term, 1946, of Superior' Court of Hoke County, defendant filed motion for a new trial on account of newly discovered evidence, — supporting same by certain affidavits. The judge presiding, being of “opinion that the affidavits offered do not meet the test for a new trial as laid down in S. v. Casey, 201 N. C., 620, and S. v. Edwards, 205 N. C., 661, and similar cases,” denied the motion in his discretion, and entered judgment in accordance therewith.
Defendant appeals therefrom to Supreme Court, and assigns error.
Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorneys-General Bruton, Rhodes, and Moody for the State.
Franklin S. Clark and W. S. Britt for defendant', appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appeal to this Court does not lie from a discretionary determination of an application for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. See S. v. Rodgers, 217 N. C., 622, 8 S. E. (2d), 927, and cases cited. Hence, the appeal in the present case is
Dismissed.