# State v. Fearing

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · December 1, 1981 · 304 N.C. 471

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9567953

## Case

- **Full name:** State of North Carolina v. Charles Silsby Fearing
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** December 1, 1981
- **Citations:** 304 N.C. 471; 284 S.E.2d 487; 1981 N.C. LEXIS 1363
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Carlton
- **Judges:** Britt, Huskins, Carlton, Branch, Meyer, Exum
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that, under N.C.G.S. § 14-71, “while it is true that it is not necessary that the person from whom the goods are received shall state to the person charged that the goods were stolen, ... it is necessary to establish either actual or implied knowledge on the part of the…

## Opinion text

Justice CARLTON
concurring.
I am in the majority solely because of our prior decisions. I wish to join Justice HUSKINS in urging the General Assembly to revise G.S. 20-166 to clarify its meaning and intent. The interpretation of G.S. 20-166 argued by the State and expressed in Justice Huskins’ dissent is clearly what the law ought to be.
Justice Exum joins in the concurring opinion.

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