STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 825.

152 S.E.2d 478 (1967)

269 N.C. 376

STATE v. James Edward WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Deputy Atty. Gen. Harry W. McGalliard for the State.

Harry P. Horton, Pittsboro, and George M. McDermott, Sanford, for defendant appellant.


BOBBITT, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for judgment as of nonsuit, contending the State's evidence "at most raises mere suspicion and conjecture of (defendant's) guilt."

There was ample evidence to warrant, although not compel, these findings: Madeleine's death was caused by a .38 caliber bullet fired at a distance of from six to twelve inches; that a spent .38 caliber bullet (slug) was found in defendant's car soon after Madeleine...

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