STATE v. SAWYER

No. 752SC1026.

225 S.E.2d 328 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 505

STATE of North Carolina v. Chancy Junior SAWYER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. William A. Raney, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

G. Irvin Aldridge, Manteo, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

This appeal presents the single question of whether the evidence was sufficient to require submission of the case to the jury and to support the verdict. The defendant offered no evidence. Evidence offered by the State tended to show the following:

George Clafton Williams was a commercial fisherman living in Sladesville, North Carolina. On 1 March 1975, at about 3:00 p. m., he and Murphis Credle were at a dock off River Shore Road, where Williams...

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