WEBBER, Justice.
The respondent was charged with the crime of sodomy and convicted by jury verdict. At the close of all of the evidence, respondent moved for a directed verdict. Exception to an adverse ruling upon this motion raises the only issue here presented.
"The rule governing the direction of verdicts in a criminal case is that when the evidence is so defective or weak that a verdict based upon it cannot be sustained, the trial court, on motion, should...
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