State v. Long

PARKER, Judge.

Appellant assigns error to the denial of his motions for a directed verdict of not guilty made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all of the evidence. In a criminal case the motion for a directed verdict of not guilty, like the motion for judgment of nonsuit, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury, State v. Glover, 270 N.C. 319, 154 S.E. 2d 305; State v. Woodlief, 2 N.C. App. 495, 163 S.E. 2d 407, and in passing upon such a motion the same rule applies, i.e., the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to…