State v. Sinclair

263 S.E.2d 811 (1980)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Laverne McNeil SINCLAIR.

No. 797SC809.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 18, 1980.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Archie W. Anders, Raleigh, for the State.

C. Ray Joyner, Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellant.

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of her motion for judgment as of nonsuit. Such a motion challenges the sufficiency of the State's evidence for submission to the jury and requires the court to determine whether there is any competent evidence to sustain the allegations of the indictment. State v.…