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STATE v. KERLEY

No. 364.

97 S.E.2d 876 (1957)

246 N.C. 157

STATE v. Arville Tobias KERLEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 1, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerley excepted and appealed, assigning errors.

B. W. Blackwelder, Concord, for defendant-appellant.

Atty. Gen. George B. Patton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Harry W. McGalliard for the State.

BOBBITT, Justice.

The State's witnesses, Church and Crooks, testified that they had not previously known either Powell or Kerley. True, their testimony may have been less reliable by reason of their own admitted criminal records. Even so, their testimony was sufficient in all respects to support the verdict of guilty as charged. The weight to be given their testimony was for the jury. Hence, the motion for judgment of nonsuit was properly overruled.

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