Court Opinion

ID: 8908753
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-27 02:20:06.206779+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:08:22.714135
License: Public Domain

Judge Phillips
dissenting.
In my opinion the doctrine of recent possession as laid down in State v. Voncannon, 302 N.C. 619, 276 S.E. 2d 370 (1981), State v. Maines, 301 N.C. 669, 273 S.E. 2d 289 (1981), State v. Parker, 268 N.C. 258, 150 S.E. 2d 248 (1966), and State v. Johnson, 60 N.C. 235 (1864), does not apply to the State’s evidence in this case, and without the doctrine the convictions have no evidentiary support. I vote to vacate both convictions.