STATE v. THORNE

No. 77a.

78 S.E.2d 140 (1953)

238 N.C. 392

STATE v. THORNE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

W. O. Rosser, Whitakers, for defendant, appellant.


ERVIN, Justice.

The testimony indicating that the defendant intentionally struck Thomas sometime after they reached the police station and that her sole object in so doing was to vent her spleen upon him suffices to overcome the general motion for a compulsory nonsuit and to support a conviction for simple assault. For this reason, we by-pass without discussion or decision the question debated by counsel whether or not the State's evidence compels the single conclusion...

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