STATE v. WADDELL

No. 5.

194 S.E.2d 19 (1973)

282 N.C. 431

STATE of North Carolina v. James Howard WADDELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Turlington, Jr., Clinton, for defendant appellant.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., and Jean A. Benoy, Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State of North Carolina.


HUSKINS, Justice:

We overrule defendant's assignments of error based on denial of his motions for nonsuit and to set aside the verdict. The evidence is overwhelmingly sufficient to carry the case to the jury and to support the verdict. Likewise, defendant's third assignment addressed to the charge has no merit and cannot be sustained. The court's charge on circumstantial evidence is free from prejudicial error. We therefore put aside these assignments without discussion...

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