STATE v. SPRINGER

No. 865SC383.

351 S.E.2d 120 (1986)

83 N.C. App. 657

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert SPRINGER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Wilson Hayman, Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant first contends that it was error for the court to deny his motion to dismiss made at the close of all the evidence. He argues that the evidence was legally insufficient to support a finding that the blow allegedly struck by defendant proximately caused Jenkins' death. We disagree.

The question presented by a motion to dismiss in a criminal case is whether there is substantial evidence of each element of the offense charged. State...

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