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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 798SC416.

258 S.E.2d 800 (1979)

43 N.C. App. 380

STATE of North Carolina. v. James David THOMPSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, by Special Deputy Atty. Gen. John R. B. Matthis and Asst. Atty. Gen. Alan S. Hirsch, Raleigh, for the State.

Kornegay & Rice, by John P. Edwards, Jr., Mount Olive, for defendant appellant.

VAUGHN, Judge.

The denial of defendant's motion for a directed verdict is his principal assignment of error on appeal. Whether termed in a criminal case as motion for directed verdict, motion of nonsuit, motion to dismiss or motion pursuant to G.S. 15A-1227, the test is as follows:

"the evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the State and the State is entitled to every favorable inference reasonably to be drawn from it. The evidence offered...

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