# State v. Thorpe

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · April 5, 1990 · 326 N.C. 451

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9586617

## Case

- **Full name:** State of North Carolina v. Alphonza Thorpe
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** April 5, 1990
- **Citations:** 326 N.C. 451; 390 S.E.2d 311; 1990 N.C. LEXIS 166
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Mitchell
- **Judges:** Whichard, Mitchell
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Justice MITCHELL
dissenting.
For the reasons fully set forth by Judge Orr in the opinion for the majority in the Court of Appeals, 94 N.C. App. 270 , 380 S.E.2d 777 (1989), I dissent.

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