Legal Opinion

State v. Fletcher

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 6, 1981No. 138PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COPELAND, Justice.

By his sole assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction and in failing to set aside the verdict as being against the greater weight of the evidence. We have carefully reviewed defendant’s assignment of error and find it without merit.

In ruling upon defendant’s motion to dismiss, the trial court is required to interpret the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, and all reasonable inferences favorable to the State…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  2. State v. PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  3. State v. KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  4. State v. BowmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  5. State v. PearceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  2. State v. IrwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  3. State v. SturdivantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  4. State v. PorterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  5. State v. CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981

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