State v. Minton

The defendants make these assertions by their assignments of error:

1. That the court erred in refusing to dismiss the prosecution upon a compulsory nonsuit. G.S. 15-173.

2. That the court erred in the admission of testimony.

3. That the court erred in its instructions to the jury.

The parties to homicides are divided into four classes: (1) Principals in the first degree. (2) Principals in the second degree. (3) Accessories before the fact. (4) Accessories after the fact. S. v. Powell, 168 N.C. 134, 83 S.E. 310.

Tbe State bottoms this prosecution on the theory that Minton is guilty as a principal…