STATE v. STEPHENS

No. 723.

93 S.E.2d 431 (1956)

244 N.C. 380

STATE v. O'Berry STEPHENS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Rodman, Jr., Atty. Gen., T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

L. J. Britt, McLean & Stacy, Lumberton, for defendant, appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The assignment of error relied upon challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to go to the jury and to sustain the verdict of manslaughter. The defendant does not contend that error was committed, either in the admission or exclusion of evidence, or in the court's charge.

Admittedly, this is a case of circumstantial evidence. The defendant argues, therefore, that it was the duty of the trial court to analyze and weigh the evidence and to...

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