State v. Lilly

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant has abandoned his first two assignments of error. His remaining assignment of error relates to the denial of his motions for nonsuit at the close of the State’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence. The State relied entirely upon the doctrine of possession of recently stolen property to overcome defendant’s motions for judgment as of nonsuit. Defendant first contends the evidence in this case is insufficient for the doctrine to apply. We disagree. As was stated in State v. Foster, 268 N.C. 480, 487, 151 S.E. 2d 62, 67 (1966),

“[i]t is not always necessary that…