# State v. Patterson

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · December 17, 1975 · 288 N.C. 553

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9567885

## Case

- **Full name:** State of North Carolina v. George James Patterson, Jr.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** December 17, 1975
- **Citations:** 288 N.C. 553; 220 S.E.2d 600; 1975 N.C. LEXIS 1031
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Copeland
- **Judges:** Moore, Sharp, Copeland, Exum, Stacy
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Vacated in part, on other grounds by Michigan v. Mosley, 423 U.S. 96 (1975).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9567885

## Opinion text

Justice Copeland
dissents as to death sentence and votes to remand for imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in State v. Williams, 286 N.C. 422, 437 , 212 S.E. 2d 113, 122 (1975).

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9567885. Public record. Not legal advice.