STATE v. STOKESBERRY

No. 753SC630.

220 S.E.2d 214 (1975)

28 N.C. App. 96

STATE of North Carolina v. Jimmy Lee STOKESBERRY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Alfred N. Salley, Asheville, for the State.

Richard Powell, Greenville, for defendant-appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the submission of the case to the jury and the trial judge's failure to grant his motion for directed verdict.

"One of the well recognized rules concerning sufficiency of evidence to withstand motion for nonsuit or motion for a directed verdict is that when the motion questions the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence, the question for the court is whether a reasonable...

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