STATE v. OXENDINE

No. 8216SC1266.

307 S.E.2d 583 (1983)

STATE of North Carolina v. Tony Lee OXENDINE and Eddie Lee Oxendine, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. James Peeler Smith, Raleigh, for the State.

Asst. Appellate Defender Lorinzo L. Joyner, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Tony Lee Oxendine.

Ertle Knox Chavis, Lumberton, for defendant-appellant Eddie Lee Oxendine, Jr.


HILL, Judge.

The question dispositive of this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss the charge at the close of all the evidence. We conclude that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants wantonly and willfully set fire to a barn, and therefore, we affirm the trial court's judgment.

Of the three defendants below, Tony, Eddie, and Larry Oxendine, only Tony and Eddie...

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