Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 3/6/2018

State v. Harding

Citations

813 S.E.2d 254
258 N.C. App. 306

Syllabus

Jury instructions on unindicted first-degree kidnapping elements sentences for two assaults allegedly based on the same conduct motion to dismiss first-degree offense for insufficient evidence of serious personal injury lifetime registration and SBM Grady issue

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finding that the assaults were separate and distinct because the evidence showed that the victim sustained injuries to different parts of her body
holding invited error doctrine did not apply where defendant “failed to object, actively participated in crafting [a portion of] the challenged instruction, and affirmed it was ‘fine’”
applying plain error review where the defendant “failed to object, actively participated in crafting the challenged instructions, and affirmed it was ‘fine’”
finding that the defendant’s decisions to grab the victim’s hair, throw her down the embankment, and repeatedly punch her face and head required a separate thought process than his decision to pin down the victim while she was on the ground and strangle her throat to quiet her screaming

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Judges: Elmore

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