STATE v. BUTCHER

No. 716SC508.

185 S.E.2d 11 (1971)

13 N.C. App. 97

STATE of North Carolina v. Lawrence C. BUTCHER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Robert Morgan and Associate Atty., Ann Reed, Raleigh, for the State.

Bruce C. Johnson, Conway, for defendant appellant.


MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the failure of the judge to allow his motion for judgment as of nonsuit. From the evidence, this occurrence seems to have been a Sunday night "shoot-out" on 23 June 1968 at a "juke box joint." Because a new trial is awarded, we refrain from a discussion of the evidence. We hold that on this record the evidence was sufficient to take the case to the jury, and the trial judge did not commit error in overruling the defendant...

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