State v. Hill

CLARK, Judge.

The defendant first assigns as error the trial court’s failure to dismiss the case against the defendant on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to warrant the submission of the case to the jury. The defendant, who appeared pro se, did not move for a dismissal pursuant to G.S. 15A-1227 but did question the sufficiency of the . State’s evidence. Since the defendant was not represented by counsel, the court may consider a challenge to the sufficiency of the State’s evidence which is made in layman’s language, as a motion for judgment of nonsuit. See State v. Whitfield,…