STATE v. VIETTO

No. 18.

252 S.E.2d 732 (1979)

297 N.C. 8

STATE of North Carolina v. Joyce Barnhill VIETTO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prickett & Scott by Carlton S. Prickett, Jr., and James K. Larrick, Wilmington, for defendant.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Patricia B. Hodulik, Raleigh, for the State.


COPELAND, Justice.

The defendant contends the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict of not guilty at the close of all of the evidence. We agree; therefore, the decision of the Court of Appeals must be reversed.

The trial judge correctly charged the jury that to convict the defendant of violating G.S. 115-166, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that for the time period specified in the indictment, the defendant caused her...

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